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femaleprodigy:

They had to “investigate” it and they kept us waiting on the train for over an hour! Than we had to get off the train, get on another train, and go one stop back.

FUCKING MTA -______-

Check this video out by Casey Neistat here.

welcometoross:

There is a commonly held belief that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system, a belief reinforced by Helvetica, Gary Hustwit’s popular 2007 documentary about the typeface. But it is not true—or rather, it is only somewhat true. Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International when it created a new signage system at the end of the 1960s. Why was Helvetica not chosen originally? What was chosen in its place? Why is Helvetica used now, and when did the changeover occur? To answer those questions this essay explores several important histories: of the New York City subway system, transportation signage in the 1960s, Unimark International and, of course, Helvetica. These four strands are woven together, over nine pages, to tell a story that ultimately transcends the simple issue of Helvetica and the subway.

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ptmagic:

Graffiti Subway 1977 NYC Subway MTA (via Whiskeygonebad)

Subway Graffiti inside a West End line train in 1977. So prolific was graffiti in the 70s, it was actually considered an act of insanity to even speak of attempting to remove any of it.
The best Graffiti I ever saw was written across 4 train cars reading:
“CHICO’S BAD CHICO’S TOPS - CHICO AIN’T AFRAID OF THE TA COPS.”
I have a pic of one of the cars somewhere but I would have needed a motordrive to get all of the cars in. You used to be able to walk from train to train. The doors were unlocked most of the time. Unbelievable today!

meagannnn:

ODB mural in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Photo by Will Sherman.

I first came upon some of Nate Hill’s Club Animals project at Union Square withBunny Butterfly Kisses. Living on the L means you are in the crosshairs as a prime target for performance art it seems. I’m a fan.

Free Bouncy Rides was especially interesting for me. Late summer/early fall, I would see this androgynous looking dolphin which seemed to have questionable intent in it’s plight, but once I beared witness to this (documented thankfully by iphone camera), the intent seemed genuine and not so SVU-like.

Read more here.