{"id":1786494,"date":"2018-10-24T18:34:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786494"},"modified":"2018-10-24T18:34:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:34:27","slug":"navigating-new-york-an-exhibition-at-the-new-york-transit-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/navigating-new-york-an-exhibition-at-the-new-york-transit-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating New York: An Exhibition at the New York Transit Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

An exhibition at the New York Transit Museum<\/a>,\u00a0Navigating New York<\/em>, got a writeup in\u00a0Curbed New York<\/em><\/a>. “The exhibit, which has been in the works for about a year, draws heavily on the NYTM\u2019s extensive collection of objects related to the transit system\u2014subway maps, yes, but also cartographic tools, renderings, and other ephemera. There are also items that might be familiar even to those who aren\u2019t transit wonks, like the New Yorker<\/em>\u2019s 2001 ‘New Yorkistan’ cover by Rick Meyerowitz and Maira Kalman.” Vignelli’s famous 1972 subway map also makes an appearance. The exhibition runs through 9 September 2019; there’s no dedicated web page for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An exhibition at the New York Transit Museum,\u00a0Navigating New York, got a writeup in\u00a0Curbed New York. “The exhibit, which has been in the works for about a year, draws heavily on the NYTM\u2019s extensive collection… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[54,50,150,194],"class_list":["post-1786494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-cities","tag-exhibitions","tag-museums","tag-new-york-city","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1826560,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/the-nj-transit-app-is-apparently-terrible\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786494,"position":0},"title":"The NJ Transit App Is Apparently Terrible","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 February 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"The Verge\u2019s Victoria Song moved from New York City to New Jersey and discovered the awfulness of the NJ Transit app. Many of my friends who\u2019d migrated to Jersey warned me about the NJ Transit app. It\u2019s not good, they said. 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