The Works.
December 5th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
This afternoon my co-worker pulls out a hardbound book titled, The Works: Anatomy of a City. He handed the book to me and said it might be interesting to check out the diagrams. He continued insisting that I read some of it and that it might be helpful as to understanding the interconnected systems of New York and what makes this city so unique.
I stumbled upon the Subway section, where the diagrams depicted the subway network and the scheduled minutes between trains during the morning rush hour. I quickly found the 6 Train, (my morning commute train) to be accurately shown as arriving every 3 minutes. However, she forgets to put in a disclaimer about nature of the system- it is always late.
As I flipped through the pages of the book I realized what an amazing reference guide and resource I was looking at. I continued to read that the subway network in New York is truly one of a kind. It hosts the integration of both the local and express tracks into one network. New York was the first world city to construct this “two-tiered” system.
Wow. I am a geek. I am now just more excited about Kate Ascher’s new book titled The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper.
Happy Reading| Diagramming.
