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Early Addition
Gothamist was there for the Death of the Q Diamond Party, celebrating the elimination of the Q Diamond from the NYC subway map. As the last train pulled into the station, it was mayhem at the back of the Union Square platform. Positioning ourselves in back of an attractive photographer from the New York Times, we managed to squeeze into the last car of the train before the doors closed. For the next thirty or forty minutes, we partied like it was 1982. Everyone was smoking weed or drinking 40s or painting on the back the of the subway posters. One guy was peeing between the train cars. There were drums and little ghetto blasters for music, and a number of people were reciting poetry and speeches related to the Q's retirement. By the time the train pulled in to Brighton Beach, the temperature in the car reached about 105 degrees.
[More pictures at Bluejake, and in Bluejake Galleries]
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Amsterdam in a NYC subway car! Fabulous!
You can check out all the new subway service changes at the Straphangers online map (http://www.straphangers.org). Unlike the MTA's map, this one lets you type in a street address to locate exactly where you're going, and then shows the subway stations and lines in relation to the street grid, so you know how many blocks you'll be walking to your destination.
Thanks for the tip, Steve. We need this as a program for PDAs.
Some photos also here:
http://foody.org/q.html