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Memorial Day Weekend Recap

Man we were all over the place this weekend.

Fam were in town

Weather wasn’t the greatest, but we made the most out of the weekend

Mald0′s Burfday, Lakers Game, Wii, Random Club, Tourist action, Random Bars, etc…

A lot of the weekend was a blur. So I’m going to skip the explanations and roll the pics

KB’s truly going world wide

PROPS!

More Fun after the Bump
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The New York City Subway Map Gets a Retro Face-Lift.

Subway

NY Times – City Room (Swipe)

It was gorgeous. It was abstract. It was criticized. It was confusing. And it’s back.

With its 45- and 90-degree angles and one color per subway line, the 1972 subway map by Massimo Vignelli was divorced from the cityscape, devoid of street or neighborhood names. It was criticized because its water was not blue and its parks were not green. Paul Goldberger called it “a stunningly handsome abstraction” that “bears little relation to the city itself.”

Now Men’s Vogue has asked Mr. Vignelli to update his iconic subway map for the May design issue.

 Click Image to See the Full Map


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