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  1. 2016 Track Safety Participants Guide

    New York City Transit 2016 Track Safety Participant's Guide.

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  2. 1972 NYCTA New York Subway Guide

    Massimo Vignelli 1972 NYCTA New York Subway Guide
     
    No sooner had the Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced a new map of the New York subway system on Aug. 7, 1972, than complaints flooded in. Many stations seemed to be in the wrong places. The water surrounding the city was colored beige, not blue. As for Central Park, it appeared to be almost square, rather than an elongated rectangle, three times bigger than the map suggested, and was depicted in a dreary shade of gray.
     
    The map was, indeed, riddled with anomalies, but that was the point. Its designer, Massimo Vignelli, had sacrificed geographical accuracy for clarity by reinterpreting New York’s tangled labyrinth of subway lines as a neat diagram. Each station was shown as a dot and linked to its neighbors by color-coded routes running at 45- or 90-degree angles. Mr. Vignelli had used his design skills to tidy up reality.
     
    Design buffs have always loved his map for its rigor and ingenuity. When the future graphic designer Michael Bierut made his first trip to New York in 1976, he took one home to Ohio as a souvenir. But many New Yorkers were outraged by what they saw as the misrepresentation of their city, while tourists struggled to relate Mr. Vignelli’s design to what they found above ground. In 1979, the M.T.A. bowed to public pressure by replacing his diagrammatic map with a geographical one.
     
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  3. 1989 Theaters in New York City Subway and Bus Guide

    1989 Theaters in New York City Subway and Bus Guide
     
    Subway and Bus Guide to all Broadway and Off-Broadway Theaters of New York City. Featuring a Theater District inset map illustrating all subway and bus routes.

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  4. 1986 New York City Transit Authority Manhattan Bus Map

    1986 New York City Transit Authority Manhattan Bus Map

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  5. 1988 New York City Transit Authority Subway Map

    1988 New York City Transit Authority Subway Map

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  6. A Brief History of the Lackawanna Electrics 1931-1934

    A Brief History of the Lackawanna Electrics 1931-1934


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  7. 1965 Erie Lackawanna Time Table

    1965 Erie Lackawanna Time Table

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  8. 2002 Guide to Weekend Travel during Construction in Lower Manhattan

    2002 Guide to Weekend Travel during Construction in Lower Manhattan


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  9. New York City Transit The Vintage Bus Fleet

    New York City Transit The Vintage Bus Fleet


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  10. June 29, 2008 Bx12 +SelectBus Service Bus Timestable

    June 29, 2008 Bx12 +SelectBus Service Bus Timestable


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  11. 1987 New York City Transit Authority SubwayMap

    1987 New York City Transit Authority SubwayMap


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  12. 1986 New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn Bus Map

    1986 New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn Bus Map


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  13. 1985 New York City Transit Authority Queens Bus Map

    1985 New York City Transit Authority Queens Bus Map


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  14. 1989 The 63rd Street Tunnel Brochure

    1989 The 63rd Street Tunnel Brochure


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  15. 1985 New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn Bus Map

    1985 New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn Bus Map


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  16. 1985 New York City Transit Authority Bronx Bus Map

    1985 New York City Transit Authority Bronx Bus Map


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  17. 2004 Amtrak Silver Service Route Guide

    2004 Amtrak Silver Service Route Guide


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  18. 1984 New York City Transit Authority Bronx Bus Map

    1984 New York City Transit Authority Bronx Bus Map


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  19. 1988 Service Improvements Since 1904 Brochure

    1988 Service Improvements Since 1904 Brochure


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  20. 1986 Something Drastic Subway Brochure

    1986 Something Drastic Subway Brochure


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  21. 1981 New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn Bus Map

    1981 New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn Bus Map


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  22. 1979 Revised Fall 1980 New York City Transit Authority Subway Map

    1979 Revised Fall 1980 New York City Transit Authority Subway Map


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  23. 1964 New York City Transit Authority Subway Map Reverse Side

    1964 New York City Transit Authority Subway Map Reverse Side


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  24. 2008 Manhattan Bus Rider Report Card

    2008 Manhattan Bus Rider Report Card


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  25. 1982 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority T System Map Reverse Side

    1982 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority



    T System Map Reverse Side


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