{"id":1469,"date":"2010-08-26T20:56:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T00:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:05:44","slug":"futurenycsubway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/futurenycsubway\/","title":{"rendered":"futureNYCSubway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The futureNYCSubway series was never supposed to live this long. It was supposed to have been a one-off, much like my previous futureMBTA series. I would then move on to other cities. But, I didn&#8217;t. Every time I dug under the surface, I found more to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>The initial &#8220;plan&#8221; was simply a collection of historical ideas with my own spin on them. Then I went wild with it. While there are now a half dozen different published versions, I have dozens more which will never see the light of day. I used these as test grounds for new ideas and new drawing techniques.<\/p>\n<p>At some point I realized there were no new ideas. I decided to go back to the beginning and discover the stories behind these failed dreams. I am no longer interested in large-scale plans, full of crayon lines. Instead, I want to understand each idea on its own, usually through a miniseries of posts.<\/p>\n<p>I have been asked if I stand by many of my old ideas. Some were great 100 years ago, 20 years ago, and today. Some have not aged well. I leave these posts as written history to educate and inspire the next generation of planners and historians.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_basic_grid post_type=&#8221;post&#8221; max_items=&#8221;-1&#8243; element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; order=&#8221;ASC&#8221; item=&#8221;basicGrid_SlideFromLeft&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1704577317432-9b8a7bab-e4f4-6&#8243; taxonomies=&#8221;435&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><div id=\"vansh-2895159359\" class=\"vansh-content vansh-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 32px;margin-bottom: 32px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanmaps.com\/product-category\/track-maps\/\" aria-label=\"ad_long_v2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ad_long_v2.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ad_long_v2.jpg 1661w, https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ad_long_v2-595x301.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ad_long_v2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ad_long_v2-960x485.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1661px) 100vw, 1661px\" width=\"1661\" height=\"840\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe futureNYCSubway series was never supposed to live this long. It was&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/futurenycsubway\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;futureNYCSubway&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1507,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1469","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1469\/revisions\/5220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}