Sam Sklar is an urban planner and writer based in NYC. He…
Serving Southeast Queens Part 3: Unbuilt Hillside and Van Wyck Lines
A look back at the unbuilt IND Van Wyck and Hillside Ave Lines.
The Last Train to Jamaica: How NYC Almost Replaced Its Els
The New York City subway is famously made up of three formerly…
Very Expensive Maps Podcast
Evan Applegate has probably the best podcast on cartography going. I was…
Tech Transit Podcast
Readers of my blog might remember the Tech Transit Assn. as the…
The Lost 1943 IND Second System Plan
Students of NYC subway history know this map. It is one of…
End of the Line: The Unfinished Fulton St Subway
When Duke Ellington wrote “Take the A Train” he wasn’t talking about…
IBX: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
I am finally doing a deep dive into the proposed Interborough Express plan. What’s good? What’s bad? And what is just ugly?
MTA Program for Action Service Guide
I recently went down a bit of a rabbit hole reading up…
“Mapping the Underground and Unseen City” talk for the Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Last month I was fortunate enough to give a talk about my…
IND Service Guide: 1953
Celebrating an historic cartographer with a fantastical future map from 1953.
Serving Southeast Queens Part 2
In part one of this series I looked at the long, tortuous…