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On some of the subway platforms in downtown Chicago, they have signs on each wall of the station at the platform that tells you what street is at each end of th
by nkrisc 7y ago
On some of the subway platforms in downtown Chicago, they have signs on each wall of the station at the platform that tells you what street is at each end of the platform.
Then also on that sign they have a picture of the street there as well. So they have a Southwest view and a Southeast view, and ext one tells you which it is.
I grew up there though so not sure how useful it would actually be for tourists but seemed useful.
- smelendez 7y agoChicago also puts the effective street numbers of the station, which is very useful.
- OldHand2018 7y agoYou also get a compass rose embedded in the sidewalk outside of the station [1]. But of course when the sidewalk gets replaced due to other construction projects, it is never replaced. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/77aq9c/the_compass_rose_in_the_sidewalk_when_you_exit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/77aq9c/t...
- amoitnga 7y agothis rose is so cool. I would love that here. I can never figure out where I should walk when coming out of an unfamiliar station in manhattan. It's always "a game"
- ancientworldnow 7y agoThe exits of stations in NYC have the name of the streets it dumps you on as well as the cardinal direction of the side of the street you'll be on (NE corner 44th St and 8th Ave for example).