Have you ever flown over a city and imagined all the subway lines running beneath the surface?
Barbara Davidson shares the work of Martin Bangratz, who superimposes maps of subway systems over aerial maps of the world's cities.
The work should be familiar, dating back to 2017 Reddit users and a tweet by Bangratz in 2018. This post, however, takes the ideas to new locations—like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Boston, among others.
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