A Talk About Designing the New York Subway Map on Dec. 7

Eddie Jabbour writes to let us know about an event at the Museum of the City of New York on December 7 about designing New York subway maps “for the riding public.” Featuring John Tauranac and Massimo Vignelli in addition to Jabbour — subway map designers all. Reservations required; tickets run from $6 to $12.

A Talk About Designing the New York Subway Map on Dec. 7

Backlink: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2010/11/a_talk_about_de.php

Amtrak Routes as Subway Diagram

Cameron Booth writes: “A while ago, you featured my U.S. Interstates as London Underground Diagram poster on The Map Room. Along a similar line, here’s a link to my latest project: a subway-style map of Amtrak’s passenger rail routes. It shows every station and also clearly shows which routes serve them, using the familiar color-coding of a subway map. (Neither of which Amtrak’s current, geographically accurate service map does!)”

The Radar: Subway History, Killing Gourmet, Cheap New England

• The New York Times has put together an impressive archival gallery of photos documenting the last 106 years of the New York City subway. [NYT]
  

• Did best-selling author Ann Patchett kill Gourmet magazine? The writer pens a tongue-in-cheek essay describing the good life while on assignment for the iconic, yet now-defunct magazine, and wonders whether it was her expense account that did them in. [WSJ]

• Looking to do visit New England this fall on the cheap? The Boston Globe has assembled a list of the top 25 things to do under $25 -- from hikes and train rides to the Head of the Charles. [Boston Globe]

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Post originale: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/10/the-new-york-times-has.html