{"id":741,"date":"2010-07-02T07:34:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T07:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=741"},"modified":"2010-07-02T07:34:30","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T07:34:30","slug":"new-york-celebrates-100-years-of-number-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/02\/new-york-celebrates-100-years-of-number-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Celebrates 100 Years Of Number Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>New York State introduced its new blue-and-gold numberplates in April.  The redesign, the first one in a decade, was initiated by Governor  Paterson&#8217;s (failed) attempt to get us all to re-register and thus pump  cash into the state budget.<\/p>\n<p>Since he didn&#8217;t get his way, the new numberplates  are not showing up all at once but are filtering out slowly, as cars are  sold or re-registered, and they&#8217;re just now achieving widespread  visibility.<\/p>\n<p>In this slideshow, you can see every major variation since  the state issued its first number, exactly a century ago \u2014 together with  commentary on the big design shifts from Justin Davidson, <em>New York<\/em>\u2019s  architecture critic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York State introduced its new blue-and-gold numberplates in April. The redesign, the first one in a decade, was initiated by Governor Paterson&#8217;s (failed) attempt to get us all to re-register and thus pump cash into the state budget. 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