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You Can Finally Buy The Design Manual That Defined The NYC Subway
Earlier this year we wrote about the unlikely story of three graphic designers who discovered a copy of the book that dictates every aspect of the subway system, forgotten in the basement of the design studio Pentagram. Now, the MTA has agreed to reprint the 44-year-old design bible for sale — but only for the…
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The Huge Mist Cannons That Keep The Air Clean In NYC’s New Tunnels
We’ve followed the $US10.8 billion East Side Access project, which will extend the Long Island Railroad from Queens to Grand Central, all year. But now that the tunnels have been blasted, new machines are arriving — and they’re just as cool as the tunnel borers.
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New York City’s New Subway Tunnel Looks Like A Level From Half-Life
New York City’s Metro Transit Authority is still plugging away on its giant project to bring the the 7 train into far west Manhattan, and the scope of the construction is just as awe-inspiring as ever. The MTA just put out a crop of new pictures on Flickr, and we just can’t help but see…
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What It Looks LIke When NYC Builds A Brand New Subway Tunnel
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority is extending the 7 subway line into far west Manhattan. It won’t open until mid 2014 (hopefully), but today the MTA showed off some of its progress. Just so we remember that it’s actually a thing that is going to happen and the MTA isn’t just playing a joke.