 new subway maps book
On Dec 7, 8:44 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
> A friend with whom I exchange Hanukkah presents sent me *Transit Maps
> of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on
> Earth*, by Mark Ovenden and three editors; originally 2003 in England,
> 2nd rev. ed. Penguin, 2007.
>
> It's organized into six "zones" based on how much historic material is
> available, with the oldest systems (Berlin, Chicago, London, Madrid,
> Moscow, New York, Paris, Tokyo) getting four pages each, on down to an
> Appendix of planned systems around the world for which maps have been
> published.
>
> Most of the maps are reproduced too small to read, though.
nyc.transit readers might like to know that a map proposal by Joe
Brennan is shown in the New York section.
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