The 1972 Subway Map

The modernist map lifts its route lines off the paper into neon ribbons. Beautiful, legendary, and famously never quite where the streets are

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.