What to do, what to do, what to do? Many signs to be read & obeyed or ignored. Advertisements, many expressly designed to be seen on a train platform, to be noted. Sculptures,mosaics, terra cotta reliefs, murals to be admired. Music to be heard. Maps to be interpreted. Stations to be assessed; some in desperate need of care & repair & some magnificently restored & renovated. Except where noted all photos are of the NY Transit System.
Paris, France.
Gare d'Ausrelitz - Mabillon.
London, England.
The “Tube.”
Los Angeles, CA.
Metro Rail station.
Uh oh!
You hope this doesn’t affect you now.
Well, with a good map, perhaps you can work it out.
Turin, Italy.
Unless the almighty dollar bows before the euro.
Paris, France.
It’s great for tourists that subway maps around the world have similar graphics.
145 Street Subway Station, NY, NY.
NY Transit’s map signage is being upgraded as stations are renovated.
145 Street Subway Station, NY, NY.
Or a snack from this vender in the c. 1904 Bleeker St. station.
Note it’s in repurposed toilets.
Or a phone call?
This is c. 2013. These pay phones are all gone now.
Sept. 2018 New York Transit In Comics @ N Y Transit Museum’s downtown Brooklyn location.
Sept. 2018 - New York Transit In Comics @ N Y Transit Museum’s downtown Brooklyn location.
At one time there were no middle armrests on subway platform benches.
We frequent this spot & often use this bench.
Back to back seating can be uncomfortable in the time of COVID.
110 St. Central Park North - Maren Hassinger - Message from Malcom 1998 Glass mosaic.
Sept. 2018 New York Transit In Comics @ N Y Transit Museum’s downtown Brooklyn location.
New Yorker's pronounce it House - ton vs. Huse-ton.
Or admire incredible new & vintage mosaic art, vintage terra cotta panels, murals or sculptures.
World Trade Center - The Oculus & Transportation Hub
South Ferry subway sta. NY Transit.
Note that ceiling.
Seen in the shop of the Museum of Arts and Design.
Columbus Circle, NY, NY.
28th St. subway sta.
Mosaic ROAMING UNDERFOOT 2018 by Nancy Blum
Visit to Greenwich Village -
Lee Brozgold & Students of P.S. 41
"The Greenwich Village Murals"
1994
Mosaic and ceramic tiles
66th Street/Lincoln Center subwat sta.
"Artemis, Acrobats, Divas & Dancers" Nancy Spero (1999, installed 2004)
66th Street/Lincoln Center subwat sta.
"Artemis, Acrobats, Divas & Dancers" Nancy Spero (1999, installed 2004)
Aster Place subway sta.
Mural by Milton Glaser 1986.
Natural History Museum subway stop.
One of my pals is a graphic artist. Curt had me start looking a fonts & how the mosaic work varied for each.
Coming up take a look at the two 59th’s.
Brooklyn, NY.
Grand Army Plaza subway sta.
Borough Hall subway sta.
81st St. Sta., NY, NY.
Houston St.sta.
Deborah Brown glass mosaics -
Subway Art Tour Four - Guide Phil Desiere.
World Trade Center - The Oculus and Transportation Hub.
The Greenwich Village Murals. Mosaic & ceramic tiles 1994. Christopher St. & Sheridan Sq. sta.
Subway Art Tour Four - Guide Phil Desiere.
The Greenwich Village Murals. Mosaic & ceramic tiles 1994. Christopher St. & Sheridan Sq. sta.
Subway Art Tour Four - Guide Phil Desiere.
World Trade Center - The Oculus and Transportation Hub
Kristin Jones 1998 Occulua -
Stone & glass mosaic.
116 St. sta.
Winton Smith.
Winton's Playhouse 1999 glass mosaic.
Subway Art Tour Four - Guide Phil Desiere.
135 St. sta.
Willie Birch.
Harlem Timeline 1996. glass mosaic.
Subway Art Tour Four - Guide Phil Desiere.
145 St. sta.
Derek Fordjour.
Parade 2018 glass & ceramic mosaic.
Subway Art Tour Four - Guide Phil Desiere.
Union Sq. sta.
“The red frames are part of an art project implemented in 1998 called ‘Framing Union Square.’ Artist Mary Miss (with the help of architect Lee Harris Pomeroy) was commissioned to create an installation that would pay tribute to the old Union Square hub of 1904, one of the city’s original 28 subway stations.”
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Then there are signs to read…
New York Transit In Comics @ N Y Transit Museum. 6/18-1/19.
“Described by the museum as ‘a raucous ride through New York’s transit system from a range of visual storytellers’, Underground Heroes showcases collections of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels that have featured the New York public transportation system.”
Next up, waiting for your train to arrive…