The New York Subway Project
Yesterday, when catching up on my Gothamist RSS feed, Arun Wiita's Subway Project struck me as an amazing idea. From the Gothamist article:
In July of 2007 Arun Wiita visited all 468 subway stations in New York City, taking photos around each of them. At one point during the ten days of documenting, he was detained by police, handcuffed and held for 30 minutes. Later in the year he filed a Civil Liberties lawsuit, with an overall goal of changing the NYPD's photography policies.
As someone who is set to move to New York at the beginning of July, this is just as much useful as it is a piece of art. The descriptions of the areas just outside the stop, and the imagery makes it seem as though you're there.
Check out all 468 subway stops at The New York Subway Project.
