Spooky ghost train
or massive, rolling blank canvas just waiting to be tagged?
There was a brief
period in the early 1980's where NYC made the perplexing decision to paint more
than 7,000 subway cars all WHITE.
Why? The infamous
paint job was conceived as an ill-fated effort to combat the graffiti which had
run amok at the time. Particularly on the 7-Line cars as they rolled through
Queens.
The MTA broke out
this infamous plan based on the idea of negative reinforcement - all cars would be painted bright white with
hope that graffitists would be hesitant to deface such pristine beauty. The
repainted cars were launched with much grandeur and known as “The Great WhiteFleet".
You might be shocked
to hear this next part: The plan failed miserably and the cars’ original colors
were restored quickly.
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