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		abecedarius on Aug 9, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York Subway X-Ray Area Maps That's confusing. I wonder why it's rendered that way. (Though I feel kind of bad about complaining.)

SomeHacker44 on Aug 9, 2017 | [–]

Because the NYC Subway "color" of the L line is gray! It's logo is a gray circle with a white "L" in the middle in a sans-serif block font.

abecedarius on Aug 9, 2017 | | [–]

Yeah, though also the other two tunnels seem to be shown with much wider colored strips. The L looks here more like a walkway between them.

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