On some of the subway platforms in downtown Chicago, they have signs on each wall of the station at the platform that tells you what street is at each end of the platform.
Then also on that sign they have a picture of the street there as well. So they have a Southwest view and a Southeast view, and ext one tells you which it is.
I grew up there though so not sure how useful it would actually be for tourists but seemed useful.
this rose is so cool. I would love that here. I can never figure out where I should walk when coming out of an unfamiliar station in manhattan.
It's always "a game"
The exits of stations in NYC have the name of the streets it dumps you on as well as the cardinal direction of the side of the street you'll be on (NE corner 44th St and 8th Ave for example).
Then also on that sign they have a picture of the street there as well. So they have a Southwest view and a Southeast view, and ext one tells you which it is.
I grew up there though so not sure how useful it would actually be for tourists but seemed useful.