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Banksy Grafitti in London Underground Accidentally Removed by Cleaners

by Valentina Di Liscia July 16, 2020November 5, 2020

An employee of the London Tube noticed “some sort of ‘rat thing’” a few days ago and cleaned it off.

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Guerrilla NYC Subway Ads Mock Trump, Giuliani, and Fox News Hosts

by Hakim Bishara October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

The Good Liars, the comic duo behind the spoofs, got its start during the Occupy Wall Street protests.

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A Lifetime Devoted to Sketching the Design Details of the New York Subway

by Allison Meier March 7, 2016March 14, 2016

The most encyclopedic history of the art and architecture of New York City’s subway is slowly being compiled by one man, who sketches every design detail of its stations.

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Gogol on the Go: Moscow Metro Riders Get Free eBooks

by Benjamin Sutton November 3, 2014November 3, 2014

Muscovites may now download books by Russia’s literary giants for free while they wait for the subway. Thanks to an initiative of Moscow Metro, the city’s public transportation authority, riders can download ebooks to their smartphones and tablets by scanning a QR code on the subway platform.

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New York City Subway Maps Across Time

by Mostafa Heddaya April 28, 2014May 1, 2014

Municipal signage and schematics, as design firm Pentagram’s recent work on New York’s beach and parking signage attests, can play a significant role in (re)defining the character of urban space.

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