HERE at the IND Fort Hamilton Parkway station on the IND serving the F and G lines, we have a case of unplanned redundancy in the fare control area. The MTA sign shop was commissioned to produce a simple black and white sign pointing to the northbound Manhattan platform, presumably to replace the tiled IND sign that was already in place, and no doubt was going to simply be mounted above the tiled sign, which couldn’t be removed without a lot of bother.
However, covering the “offending”, i.e. nonstandard tiled sign would also be a lot of bother, as a number of electric conduits run along the wall. Thus, the black and white sign was placed alongside the original tiled sign, producing an unplanned redundancy.
The pair, seen together, is the MTA’s way of saying, “I know you’re there, and you will be dealt with at our first opportunity.”
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6/11/24