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grrlscientist | April 18, 2008tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
I finally managed to snap more pictures of NYC subway art. The Chambers Street station on the A and C lines is another one of my favorite subway art stops, so I am pleased to share this one with you.
Chambers Street Subway Art #1
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 16, 2008tags: Amsterdam Avenue, NYC through my eye, photography, photoessay
I don't know if you know this, but the weather in NYC is hell. Seriously. Whether you imagine hell to be a furnace or a freezer, NYC is nearly always at either extreme. The weather here typically varies between hot and humid, so you have the distinct displeasure of smiling at people while sweat streams down your face all day long, or cold and windy, so you are in danger of freezing to death while waiting for the bus. By my calculations, there are somewhere between 13 and 15 days each year of "weather purgatory": you know,…
grrlscientist | April 15, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 14, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 13, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 12, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, reads a newspaper over a human's shoulder as he waits for the train to arrive.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
This is my favorite in this series of artwork. I really like the idea of having a Beluga looking over my shoulder, reading, while I wait for the train.
grrlscientist | April 11, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A small group of what appear to be Beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 10, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
These animals appear to be California sea lions, Zalophus californianus.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 9, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
This looks like a harbor seal, Phoca vitulina,
(doesn't the seal look like he's wearing glasses??)
by Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 8, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Okay, let's move on to another subway station that I like a lot more than Elizabeth Grajales' Penn Station subway art. This subway station is the uptown and downtown platforms at the Houston Street station where the 1 train stops. This station is rather amusing, in my opinion, for reasons that will become apparent to you as we further explore the artwork at this station.
NYC Houston Street subway stop (1 train).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 7, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 4]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 6, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 3]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 6, 2008tags: tree bark, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Manhattan, Kansas, nature, Image of the Day
Bark of the Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus dioicus.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2008. [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 5, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 2]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 5, 2008tags: tree bark, Eastern Cottonwood, Manhattan, Kansas, nature, Image of the Day
Bark of the Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2008. [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 4, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 1]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 3, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 3, 2008tags: photography, Lincoln Center, NYC, NYCLife
Looking south towards Lincoln Center from West 66th street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Yesterday, I had plenty of errands to keep me busy because the birds were out of food and I had a mountain of mail to send and an even bigger mountain of mail to retrieve. So I took my camera and got a few pictures while I took care of business. I thought this picture was especially nice.
Incidentally, I was unable to get out today because the building super and his assistant were fixing the holes in my trashed bathroom. I am excited…
grrlscientist | April 2, 2008tags: Hymenoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ant species (but which one, Alex?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
The ants run away ..
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
Thus ends the AMNH subway art series. In short, I photographed all of the tile mosaics (uptown-bound platform, entrances and stairways), several…
grrlscientist | April 1, 2008tags: Hymenoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ant species [detail]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.