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Good morning. Today we’ll look at an exhibition of posters that were originally on the walls of subway stations. For the next two months, they’ll be on the walls of an art gallery.
The MTA has been turning its vacant retail units into delightful art installations. The New York City subway is not a glamorous scene to behold. Between the grime, the crime, and the occasional ...
A new exhibit at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, titled "Shining a Light on The Subway Sun: The art of Fred G. Cooper and Amelia Opdyke Jones," brings the ad campaign's story to life.
Across New York City’s subway system, transit maps displaying colored-coded train routes help riders visualize their location and guide them to their destination.
Across the bottom, in black text: [New York Subway Advertising Company logo] RAILS TO SALES / SUBWAY POSTERS [a red line cuts through the center of "subway posters"]. Credit Line Gift of Merrill C.
New York City's subway map has been largely unchanged since 1979, when a committee led by the Metropolitan Transit Authority laid those now instantly recognizable colors over the streets of the ...