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shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

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shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).

shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

pizza-party:

shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).

shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

pizza-party:

shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).

shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

pizza-party:

shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).

shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

pizza-party:

shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).

shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

pizza-party:

shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).

shadesofmauve:

magpiedminx:

pizza-party:

shizukasmack:

presentreign:

Everyone IN NY should read this

Everyone who wants to come to NY should read this

Everyone should read this if you’re thinking about NY in any way, shape or form.

For jeniphyer

Get good at walking, people!

Wouldn’t this be fairly accurate for *any* big city? I know it’d apply to Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago at the very least!

I haven’t spent any time in Chicago, but Seattle and Vancouver don’t even BEGIN to compare to the crowd congestion in NYC. And neither do the ubiquitous garbage-on-the-street-thing, or have ultra baffling transit systems. Granted, that’s ‘cause they have much more minimal transit systems, but finding your way on the Skytrain is way easier than the subway.

(I also tended to compare the subway to the Paris metro, and the NYC version will lose every time. Not only less pleasant, but honestly crappy information design/wayfinding, most of the time. Not impressed).

Ages ago I was reading a fascinating article about why it’s so bad compared to other subway systems – I think this is it: http://www.aiga.org/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway/ . Essentially it boils down to a catalogue of poorly & cheaply implemented fixes to a very broken system.

Which I get to see mirrored where I work, although they’re currently in the process of renaming every building and ward and replacing all of the signage with something unified, which might help (‘cos they’ve built another new building in between all of the other buildings, and already no-one knew which building they were in, or where they were going, or how to get there, so they seem to have decided to try and make it more navigable).