How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
When people think of the New York City underground, they usually think of the vast subway system, the sewers, or
On a measly five-block triangular plot of land, nestled along the Brooklyn-Queens boundary line, sits one of the most fascinating
Photo: MARNI GROSSMAN/NETFLIX © 2020 The new television show Grand Army on Netflix is set in and around Brooklyn’s
In Brooklyn, an abandoned brick building can be seen on the corner below the Atlantic Avenue Station on the L
East New York’s Empire State Dairy, a beautifully tiled complex that once processed milk and made ice cream, could
Green terrace at Schermerhorn House (Photo: Ennead Architects) The creation of quality affordable housing, long a concern in New York
Neighborhood names evoke a specific sense of place. The best names connect places to their geography and history, and emphasize
“Nimbyism is a gift of the ’60s,” announced Xavier de Souza Briggs, the Ford Foundation’s Vice President of Economic
East Side or West Side? The question has long vexed humanity’s greatest thinkers. The Ancient Chinese, sold on the
When the Daily News reported that a gut-renovated house was on sale in East New York for $600,000, we
Images via BanksyNY.com A shift from yesterday’s epic horses with night vision goggles piece on Ludlow and Stanton,
Last time we “Untapped” the G train: the butt of many jokes and the arguable victim of a certain amount
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