tags: subway art, woodpecker, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2007 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
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It might be worthwhile visiting New York just to see the underground art work.
Shame that modern undergrounds don't often have artwork in them.
Did you use a flash or are the lights just bright?
nope, no flash; the lights are just that bright (at that stop). other stops are fairly dark, and therefore, can be unsafe, too.
many NYC subway stops have artwork in them. I will endeavor to share the art at other stops with you as well, as i manage to photograph it.
The subway art photos would make lovely postcards, or perhaps even a souvenir booklet.
The Metro stations in Washington DC have tile artworks as well; the one at Silver Springs has a "penguin commuter" mural.