NYC subway service ads replace poetry, literature (AP)

FILE - This Nov. 17, 1993 file photo shows a poster containing an excerpt from 'Dante's Inferno.' The poster is an example of 20 poems that were displayed in New York City subway cars as part of the program called 'Poerty in Motion.' The MTA is eliminating its literary placards - quotes from thinkers like Kafka, Keats, Dante and Galileo - with messages informing customers on improvements in the transit system. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)AP - Not long ago, a subway rider who'd had a particularly tough day at work found herself staring up at the ads inside her subway car, where one of the placards featured a poignant literary quote.



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