NYC’s Urban Textscape

https://pudding.cool/2025/07/street-view/

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# Analyzing All of the Words Found on NYC Streets

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The data is astonishing; it feels like sifting through the city's source code. For example, here's all 111,290 matches for “pizza,” on a map.

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Matches for “Broadway” (62,424 matches) identify street signs, of course. The resulting map is oddly satisfying, illuminating each of the five boroughs’ Broadway.

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And lot of _design_ too... with over 50k matches, a big creative apple!

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https://stacker.news/items/1061520

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