Fictional subways

[avram]

Y’all know what map bunnies are? Also called map traps? Fake streets or other features that map companies put in maps to catch competitors who try to rip them off by copying their maps instead of doing their own research. I’ve joked for a while that the J, M, and Z lines are a map bunny for the NYC subway map.

It’s no joke. Today I spent fifteen minutes wandering through the overheated maze of the Fulton Street subway station looking for the J/M/Z platform. Followed all the little arrows up and down the stairs. Nothing. That shit just plain does not exist. So now you know.

Wound up so late I had to cancel out on seeing Mirrormask, which is only showing at the ludicrously-hard-to-get-to Landmark Sunshine Cinema.

Comments

[mneme]

Most map companies seem to call them signature streets (and make a point of having them be dead ends and other things that won't mess people up).

My sympathies.