Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

Best & Worst Subways in NYC, According to the Straphangers Campaign - Thrillist

The Straphangers Campaign recently released its annual ranking of the best and worst subway lines of 2016.

Visual Arts | Photography

Photographer Shoots a Portrait of Every Book Reader Spotted on the Subway

“The Last Book” is an interesting series of images collected by Dutch photographer Reinier Gerritsen, who spent 13 weeks over 3 years scouring the subway system of New York City for riders reading books. Every time he saw one, he would snap a picture and make a note of the book that was being read.

This is SO cool! I love really creative ideas like this. This is also one of the things that I love about good art: often the concept is as important as the execution.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

Enter The 1966 Subway System, Through Photographer Danny Lyon's Lens: Gothamist

The MTA has put some rarely seen photos up at the Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center station.They've installed a new exhibit featuring photos by Danny Lyon, who captured 1960s and 1970s NYC in vivid color after returning from other parts of America.

Oh man. I love these photos, I wish that NYC was still like this sometimes.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

Is It Possible to Ride the Entire New York Subway System in a Single Day? | Mental Floss

During a recent commute into work, I was staring at a transit map so as to avoid eye contact with my fellow passengers when a simple question popped into my head.

Well, is it???