The Picard ManeuverMar 10

"Bar car" on the NYC subway, 1962

It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a “first class experience” to commuters.

Show threadrobocall
What’s going on with the guy’s face in the brown coat?
Mar 10 at 3:40pmWeb
Show threadpelespiritMar 10
Or the ghost in the window.
Show threadTrackinDaKrakenMar 10

This photo was colorized at some point, likely recently, because it’s fairly well done.

I suppose his face is blocked for the same reason faces are ever blocked in photos, so no one can recognize who it is.

The “ghost” in the window is just someone outside the train looking in, and not colorized. The train is stopped at the station.

Show threadThe Picard ManeuverMar 10
I had the same question. Every photo I could find of the event had this guy censored. Or it’s just a photo error that looks like censorship?
Show threadGhostieMar 10
Honestly looks to me like the colorizing was done by AI and it got all wonky.
Show threadNotyouMar 10
It looks like when they colored the photo, it combined 2 people into 1. The b&w pic looks like they are just talking and the color pic looks like 1 guys with some weird censor or mask on.