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David of Broadway · January 11th 07, 02:22 AM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:

BTW, I remember that there were advertisements between stations on Berlin's
U-Bahn that worked like a film. As the train passed each frame, it created
for passengers on board the illusion that there was movement in the
advertisement.

PATH (a rail system between New York and New Jersey) has (or had, not
too long ago) such an advertisement in an abandoned station at 19th
Street in Manhattan.

And the New York subway system used to have a piece of animated artwork,
called Masstransiscope, also at an abandoned station, in Brooklyn, near
the Manhattan Bridge. It was vandalized in the late 80's and the lights
were turned off then, but several months ago the lights were turned back
on (even though the exhibit is still covered in graffiti). You can see
it out of the right side of the northbound B and Q trains between DeKalb
Avenue and the bridge portal (just south of Gold Street interlocking).

More information on Masstransiscope:
http://www.akazelig.com/commlab/masstransiscope.html
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David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA