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The Flatiron Building in a photograph taken by Edward Steichen (1904).
Stumbled across this while digging up words for a Font Bureau “hidden gems” specimen. Guess the typeface I’m setting!
How effective is your city’s public transit? Above are the estimated distances one can travel on bus, tram, or subway within 45 minutes from comparable residential neighborhoods* in LA, San Francisco, New York, and Berlin. Maximum walking time to/from stations and stops is set at 15 minutes, and estimates are for weekday travel. The data comes from the wonderful Mapnificent which includes many more cities and some other slick features I encourage you to try for yourself.
*Perhaps I’m being unfair to LA because I’m less familiar with it. If there’s a neighborhood other than Los Feliz that is more like the others in terms of relative rent, safety, livability, etc., please comment below. But, from my trials, the transit accessibility map is similarly disheartening anywhere in LA, unless you’re downtown.
