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Disappointingly superficial. New York City has huge issues building anything underground, and the coordination issues mentioned in passing here are a huge reason why. But all the most well resourced newspaper on earth can muster about its home city is "the street markings look like abstract art"?

nytimes.comBehind the Mysterious Symbols Spray-Painted on Our Streets (Gift Article)All over New York’s sidewalks and sewers, colored markings hide in plain sight, telling construction crews where to dig and creating accidental art.

24/8/26, 2:44 pm8 reposts100 likes

Second Ave. Sagas

@2avesag.as

24 Aug

The Times sometimes treats NYC as a gimmick rather than something to cover seriously. Such a shame they hollowed out Metro.

micah of charlohrtte

@micahlohr.bsky.social

24 Aug

I do miss when the local dailies ran shit like this before McClatchy turned them over to AI.

Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

1 Sept

They’re trolling me now, right? Interviewing a professor of sociology about bollards? Quoting an engineering firm calling them an “urban amenity”? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...

nytimes.comConsider the Bollard, Stubborn Sidewalk Cop of the Post-9/11 City (Gift Article)A symbol of the hardening of America’s urban landscapes — and also a decent perch for a quick slice of pizza.