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Checking in On the Off "Brodaway"
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 20, 2009
Modified Feb 20, 2009
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It seems the MTA/NYC Transit crew quietly fixed the "Brodaway" typo we spotted recently. Someone at SubChat wrote that as of this past Monday the misspelled tile sign was "corrected by using a thermal tile marking device by covering the squares in black (I did see the original lettered outline underneath), then place each a white 'A' and 'D' over it, but with a slightly bolder font, in what is now in their proper setting." Sounds like a quick, inexpensive fix (albeit more inconsistent font work), but it didn't stick! Another SubChat post from yesterday declares it is back to "Brodaway" and suggests the MTA "leave things alone so that the sign can remain as part of the lore (and lure) of the subway."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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