Topic: Subways

By Esther Zuckerman

Jan 4, 2013

Trimming the Times

Insider Attacks in Afghanistan, Yoga in Prison, and Light in Art

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 31, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Road to Fiscal Doom, Women in India, and Baseball's New Trauma

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 5, 2012

How Sorry Is the Subway Photographer?

R.Umar Abbasi, the man who snapped The Post's controversial Tuesday cover, is suddenly starting to open up about it a lot more.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Nov 5, 2012

Stat of the Day

Dewatering SWAT Team Has Been Pumping Out More Than an Olympic-Size Pool Per Minute

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday that its dewatering task force removed more than an Olympic-size swimming pool's worth of water per minute from New York's flooded mass transit tunnels.

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By Connor Simpson

Nov 3, 2012

What the East River Tunnels Looked Like Before They Were Drained

Things are going particularly well for the MTA: the subway is about 80 percent restored and more lines are opening up by the hour.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 19, 2012

Trimming the Times

Wisconsin, a Subway Ad, and Le Cirque

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Hannah Miet

Jun 25, 2012

Wi-Fi on Subways: There Go Our Personal Lives

The subway used to be a place where New Yorkers could think, read, or openly gawk at strangers. Now we'll be checking our work email.  

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jun 11, 2012

Lutz from '30 Rock' Gets the Spotlight He Deserves (Sorta)

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 7, 2012

Presenting the Best of the Altered 'Mad Men' Subway Posters

Do you love Mad Men like we love Mad Men? Have you been waiting so long for the show to begin its fifth season that you barely even remember where we left off?

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 3, 2012

Chart of the Day

All of the New York Subways That Could Have Been

New Yorkers, next time you moan about how long your commute is (i.e., when your leave work today), don't make your complaints aimlessly. Aim them straight at the subway lines that could've taken you home faster if only they'd been built!

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 7, 2011

What the Tweet?

Shoplifting, Subways and Phantom Bank Robbers

The tweets that tied us up in knots Thursday

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