GrrlScientist is a female evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist and writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning her PhD. In NYC, she was a postdoctoral fellow for two years, reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist has written a science blog since 4 August 2004 (the early years are archived 
tags: West 86th street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
West 86th Street Subway Art #10
as seen at NYC's West 86th Street stop at Broadway for the uptown 1 train.
(This piece was completed in 1989).
Artist: Nitza Tufino.
I have photographed tile artworks from several NYC subway stations now, so far, all are westside Manhattan subway lines, including Chambers Street (A & C trains), Houston Street (1 train), Pennsylvania "Penn" station (1, 2 & 3 trains) [subway art archives] and, my favorite subway station of all, the American Museum of Natural History station at 81st and Central Park West (B & C trains) [AMNH archives].
I plan to continue photographing NYC subway station artworks as long as you enjoy seeing them.
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Hi,
I like the tiles at the AMNH stop too. My son likes the eyes at Chambers St... "Daddy, two eyes! Two eyes!"
My favourite stop for art though has become 14th St A, C and E (our stop for fish and chips at "A Salt and Battery" -- I heartily recommend it!). I love the whimsical little figurines they have climbing all over the station. Have you seen them? Know their history?
I thought they'd really appeal to kids but funnily enough, my son barely notices them.
Posted by: DiGz | May 22, 2008 7:17 AM