ATLAS has been doin this in Paris for AGES

There's an app for that! http://uptownapp.com

Thank you! Now can someone in Chicago do this for us? Government?

Bout d@mn time!

They actually did this a few years ago and I too thought it was an amazing idea. They must have run out money and didn't do any more of them… oh well. Glad someone else did. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/nyregion/17direction.html

It took over a hundred years to come up with this? I never thought of this after walking a block in the wrong direction hundreds of times? Awesome.

This is a PHENOMENAL idea. There is nothing more disorienting than emerging from a subway station! This group should come forward and take the credit — I can see a lot of marketing implications for this idea (like slap a McD's logo in the center of that compass, or add an arrow pointing to the nearest local pub, etc.) and they shouldn't miss out on those dollars!

HOORAY!!! I walk in the wrong direction for at least one block, about 70% of the time. (Which is terribly embarrassing because otherwise I have a great sense of inner compass)

First, how come this is not a standard in EVERY major city where the buildings are too tall to set direction from the Sun?
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Second, as NYC is on the East coast, they couldn't mention you specifically, but they could mention you satlantically…