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New York City's subway system didn't always have a Massimo Vignelli-designed map (published by the MTA between 1974 and 1979), and the ones that came before it were surprisingly just as gorgeous (well, if you avoid the late '60s). You can revisit a massive collection of subway system maps right here—and click through for some of our favorites, dating back to the beginning, 1904. (h/t to Brooklyn Based, for Tweeting this 1955 map)

steady pulse of the (actual) New York City subway system into gentle, generative string plucks in his new interactive piece “Conductor.” The visual effect as well as the musical one is mesmerizing, as the subway is viewed in the abstract, sparse geometries of designed Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 diagram.

speculative subway maps in which underground transportation systems have been projected for landscapes in which their actual construction would be absurd.