SUBWAY MONITORS (11.27.06)

These video monitors are ostensibly on the Canal Street subway platform of the B and N lines so the train conductors can make sure everyone who needs to has gotten on the train. Of course, it could have Big Brother uses too. Hmm.

Have you ever wondered how the NYC subway lines got their letter and number designations? Well, it has to do with the three competing subway services that operated in NYC before the city consolidated them all in the 1940s. The ins and outs are too complicated to go into in this short space, but click here if you're want to know more.




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