What if the New York City subway map paid homage to some of the city’s great women? Cartography by Molly Roy, from “Nonstop Metropolis,” by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Subway Route Symbols ® Metropolitan Transportation Authority
In Saturday’s make-up session, we addressed the topic of gender and smart cities. I was reminded of this New Yorker article by Rebecca Solnit, a celebrated writer, historian and activist who envisions a renamed feminist city. Here, she reflects the remarkable history of charismatic women who have shaped the city of New York through a redesigned subway map (shown above). Happy reading…