Nyc Subway Map History. With 472 station stops around 800 miles of track and over 20 different subway lines one. At 235 on the afternoon of October 27 1904 New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the citys innovative new rapid transit system.
Subway map is a record of how graphic design politics and geography have shaped the city over the last 40 years. With 472 station stops around 800 miles of track and over 20 different subway lines one. Brooklyn Survey Map - Trolley Lines 1888 Rockaway and Jamaica Bay Area Detail New York and Rockaway Beach Railroad.
New Subways for New York.
The current iteration of the New York City Subway map dates from a design first published in 1979. One of the better known proposals was the Second System which was part of a plan by the Independent Subway to construct new subway lines in addition and take over existing subway lines and railroad right-of-ways. The subway map we all know today is loosely based on a famous 1972 design by Massimo Vignelli an Italian-American designer whose gem-colored diagram eschewed geographical honesty for visual. The official map has evolved gradually under the control of the Marketing and Corporate Communications Department of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA.
