The New York Times' City section was devoted to the subway yesterday, and Gothamist is happy to live in the city to have gotten a print copy of it. Quick, read it online if you missed it - there was:
- Guide to restaurants at the end of the line
- A piece about subway crushes
- NYC scholar (and Columbia professor) Kenneth T. Jackson wondering what if the subway never was
- A look at how crowded the subway can get during different times of day (above; morning rush hour sucks)
- One new New Yorker's trials with learning the ropes of the subway
- A look at Abandoned subway stations
- A subway A to Z
- A fabulous rendering of life in Brooklyn, off the F train by Danny Gregory (excerpt below)
- Various monumental moments in subway history (like when the Warriors comes out)
Plus there are some great interactive features online, like Times reporter David Dunlap giving background on the Times Square station and photographer Bruce Davidson describing taking pictures on the subway in 1979 and 1980.
The Times' Randy Kennedy is giving a reading of his upcoming book of NY subway stories, Subwayland, at Half King tonight.
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Danny Gregory needs to write a kids book -- his stuff is so amazing to look at ... Cant' he do a 'kids in the city' book or something?
what surprises me is how the morning is so congested in that tight 8-9am band, but the afternoon rush hour is much more diffuse. i'd have expected they would mirror each other more.
I think there's a glut of people coming back from school at the time...a lot of people start work in the 8-10 period, but may leave working starting at 4. I wonder if there are a lot of people coming up from Wall Street in the mid afternoon - you know, the people who do foreign markets and then go home to work a little too.
And I totally agree that Danny Gregory should write a children's book.
Subwayland is actually out already. I got it for my birthday yesterday!
i'm trying to figure out why so many people are on the train between 8-9 [and 9-10] and yet the peak afternoon traffic is between 3 and 4? either i'm working too many hours per week, or everyone else is just routinely getting drunk after work and cabbing it home...
hey, this is cool -- I just bought "Subwayland" in New York City as a souvenir, a few weeks ago
I read the entire section (something I never do) and thought Jason Gordon's piece on subway romance was lovely. I actually bought into it for a little while longer than I should have. I am the quintessential unromantic, so I suppose he pulled the rug under my toes a bit.
And finally, I can confirm that the letter trains (excluding the L and Shuttle) are wider (and longer) than the numbered trains! Thank you, NY Times. I won't need to whip out the tape measure to vindicate.
The F-Train graphic is lovely as well. Now, I'm torn as to whether I'm a lawyer or broker's lawyer--I hope the former--apparently, it's close.
Is the NY Times actually cheaper over there? It's $1 an issue here, $5 for the Sunday edition.
The map is a bit skewed because the station they picked--the 1/9 66th St./Lincoln Center station--serves two giant high schools. Not to mention the fact that that station undoubtedly has somewhat higher late evening ridership (due to NYCO/NYCBallet/Met/Philharmonic/etc performances getting out).