All I know is wouldn't want to be called Mister Pink. (Tarentino reference there...)...
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roygbenedict@...
roy_g_benedict
Apr 1, 2006 3:35 pm
Sure. And on a smaller scale the same could be said for parts of Chicago, such as around 43rd, 47th and 51st on the Green Line, which once were MAJOR stations...
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roygbenedict@...
roy_g_benedict
Apr 1, 2006 4:20 pm
One issue with gray on the CTA system is the station signs. As you know, the part of the signs that bears the station name or symbol is (dark) gray with white...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 1, 2006 9:01 pm
Brooklyn (and all of New York City) has a very strange transit hisory, very different from Chicago's. Both streetcars and Els in Brooklyn were under common...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 1, 2006 9:04 pm
Gray is not a good color for mapmaking. Gray blends in with everything, looks like the register was off when the thing was printed. Pink (like any bright...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Apr 1, 2006 9:56 pm
A lighter shade of grey could easily have been used in clear contrast with the graphite-colored signage. Most of the signage uses a very dark grey, if it's to...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 1, 2006 10:02 pm
Remember, somewhere about half the day is nighttime. Plus there are a lot of rainy, cloudy days. Why use a color combination that "might" be distinguishable,...
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Alfie Martin
alfiemrtn3
Apr 1, 2006 10:03 pm
As we learn lots of pink nouns like pink eye, pink sheets, pink panther, pink monkey, pink rose, pink poodle, pink pony, pink lemonade, pink dolphin, pink cell...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 1, 2006 10:04 pm
Huh??...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Apr 1, 2006 10:18 pm
I'm not sure I agree at all. I think it would have been in clear contrast with all of the other lines, unlike pink, which, on a sun-baked paper map where...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Apr 1, 2006 10:36 pm
I don't think that makes any sense. Regardless of brightness, a gray with a high enough contrast to the graphite background is always going to look different...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 1, 2006 10:52 pm
Color fading, which affects red more than any other color I know, is a problem. Red will go pink in time. But gray will become lighter, too, eventually...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 1, 2006 10:55 pm
Tony, you just don't like pink, do you? Well, I happen to not like gray. Too drab. Pink is bright, pink is colorful, pink is eye-catching, pik looks good when...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Apr 1, 2006 11:00 pm
What on Earth did that have to do with anything? ... From: CHICAGOTRANSIT@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CHICAGOTRANSIT@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alfie Martin ...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Apr 1, 2006 11:22 pm
Yeah, but when you've got red and pink, and you're telling people not to follow a route with a specific designation, and saying "pink," there's going to be...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Apr 2, 2006 12:40 am
Now, TC, we are getting into a very different discussion, that of what is the better way to designate a route. Assigning a letter (or number) does indeed make...
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timothius2002
Apr 2, 2006 12:45 am
Pinky. What about some punkers with pink hair?...
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timothius2002
Apr 2, 2006 12:48 am
Just go with with flow and don't try to pull it apart too hard. The correct reponse in most cases is, "Yeah, man."...
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timothius2002
Apr 2, 2006 12:51 am
Alfie's posts are often a certain stream of consciouness. Think of them as an impressionistic tableu rather than a logical technical essay. They can't ...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Apr 2, 2006 1:31 am
I have no problem with pink. I just think it's illogical to choose a color that is similar to other colors when you're using "names." Black, white, and grey...
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Alfie Martin
alfiemrtn3
Apr 2, 2006 2:01 am
Yes, of course that punkers with pink hairs and different color hairs like rocker punks do. ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
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Alfie Martin
alfiemrtn3
Apr 2, 2006 2:11 am
Tony, anything have to do is memorize nouns with the color pink as we learned in school while we're little kids. It's a pink person, a pink place or a pink ...
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Dennis McClendon
southlooplis...
Apr 2, 2006 2:45 am
... I put the Pink Line on the map this afternoon. It jumps right off the page....
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Dennis McClendon
southlooplis...
Apr 2, 2006 3:35 am
... No, there could be at least three or four more, based on color distinction. Check the Paris Métro map. And the pink (at least the one I hope to use) is...
I think gray can look very good on a map, the great Graham Garfield did this map for me: http://www.tinyurl.com/juh99 , and to me the shade of gray he used...
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glrts@...
ctagrayline
Apr 2, 2006 11:33 am
I know one of you geniuses can create and post an updated CTA rail map showing the new Pink, and rush-hour Blue Line trains. (Tony?) MP...
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Ray Druian
bray_malpal
Apr 2, 2006 12:05 pm
The Trouble with naming the lines after colors is, men make the decisions. That restricts the colors used to just the primaries and the secondarys. If women...
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Eric Pancer
vxla
Apr 2, 2006 4:23 pm
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 21:35:38 -0600, Dennis McClendon proclaimed... ... Can you share that draft with us, so we can see it? I'm not sure if you're allowed to,...
