{"id":1787020,"date":"2019-01-20T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787020"},"modified":"2019-01-20T18:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T23:05:15","slug":"jake-bermans-modern-maps-of-old-transit-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/jake-bermans-modern-maps-of-old-transit-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Berman’s Modern Maps of Old Transit Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Among artist Jake Berman<\/a>\u2019s many map-related projects<\/a> are a series of retro transit maps\u2014modern maps, in a modern style, of transit networks as they were in the past. Above is one example: Los Angeles’s long-defunct Pacific Electric streetcar network<\/a> as it was in 1926. Other maps include San Francisco’s cable car network<\/a> circa 1892, the Chicago L<\/a> in 1921, the New York subway in 1939<\/a>, and more. Posters, naturally, are available for sale. [Atlas Obscura<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among artist Jake Berman\u2019s many map-related projects are a series of retro transit maps\u2014modern maps, in a modern style, of transit networks as they were in the past. Above is one example: Los Angeles’s long-defunct… 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":[49,94],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-1787020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-transit","tag-posters","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1820396,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/the-lost-subways-of-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787020,"position":0},"title":"The Lost Subways of North America","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 November 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"The Lost Subways of North America, in which Jake Berman looks at the successes and failures of 23 North American transit systems, is out now from the University of Chicago Press. 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