Comments on: Streetcar Lines, Tufte Lines

By: Alternate Mission « Burrito Justice

Alternate Mission « Burrito Justice — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:01:48 +0000

[...] rails in the foreground are the tracks for the old 14 and 24 streetcars (via [...]

By: Capp Street On High « Burrito Justice

Capp Street On High « Burrito Justice — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:19:40 +0000

[...] teal and magenta, but 1930 optimism caused me to run out of colors. (The thinner black lines are streetcars.) Click to zoom, and lots of interesting details on the full sized version (including a downtown [...]

By: BART Diaries » Blog Archive » The San Francisco that might’ve been

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:03:54 +0000

[...] of that stuff is more “what might’ve been.” Or, in some cases, it’s “what used to be.” The freeways-all-over-the-damn-place stuff I can do without. These subway lines, on the [...]

By: Muni Diaries » Blog Archive » The San Francisco that might’ve been

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:21:08 +0000

[...] of that stuff is more “what might’ve been.” Or, in some cases, it’s “what used to be.” The freeways-all-over-the-damn-place stuff I can do without. These subway lines, on the [...]

By: Goodnight, 26 Valencia « Burrito Justice

Goodnight, 26 Valencia « Burrito Justice — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:39:38 +0000

[...] Top Posts Ironic BeersMuni Danger DataEl Rio, 31 (El Rio, 151)Muni Danger BusAboutStreetcars on Dolores, Valencia and GuerreroMission History as Revealed By Creeks, Streams, Lakes and LagoonsMission MicrohoodsMorning LightningLa LenguaHandy iPhone appsStreetcar Lines, Tufte Lines [...]

By: Burrito Justice

Burrito Justice — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:37:55 +0000

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:01:19 +0000

This is amazing! Is there any way to get a print?

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:33:43 +0000

Good point, should have been more clear. Text edited. Wikimedia has a scan of the original Zorn piece.

By: Matt Braithwaite

Matt Braithwaite — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:21:37 +0000

The lines are not Tufte’s. Here’s the credit he gives (Envisioning Information, p. 117):

“Shown are redrawn extracts from the score of Cachucha for the ballerina Fanny Elssler, in Friedrich Albert Zorn, Grammar of the Art of Dancing: Theoretical and Practical (Odessa, 1887; Boston, 1905, 1920).”