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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Aug 21 02:52:59 2017, in response to Re: Historic Subway Tiles With Nothing To Do With Racism Or Even Confederacy to be Removed, posted by Michael549 on Mon Aug 21 02:45:59 2017. Art Underground - A Look At The Tile Work Of Squire J. Vickers, as the chief architect.http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/08/02/arts/20070803SUBWAY_index.html ------------ Beyond the Turnstile - AUG. 3, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/arts/03bsubway.html “Architects of the New York City Subway, Part II: Squire Vickers and the Subway’s Modern Age,” featuring artwork by Squire J. Vickers, will run through Oct. 28 at the New York Transit Museum, Gallery Annex and Store, adjacent to station master’s office, Grand Central Terminal, (212) 878-0106; mta.info\museum. Open Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Subway stations that can be visited to view the artwork of Vickers and his staff include, in Manhattan, 86th Street and Grand Central (on the 4, 5 and 6 lines); 14th Street-Union Square (R line); and Canal Street (N and R). In Brooklyn, Bushwick and Wilson Avenues (both on the L line); Borough Hall (2 and 3); and on Fourth Avenue at Ninth Street, an Art-Deco inspired lighted subway sign at the entrance to the F train. In the Bronx, Mosholu Parkway (4 line). In Queens, Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue (7). For more subway esoterica: nycsubway.org. |
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