NYCLife

tags: 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].
tags: 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].
tags: 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].
tags: 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].
tags: 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].
tags: 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].
tags: 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…
tags: 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.
tags: Aves, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife I think this might be a Common Black Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus, (although it lacks the broad white terminal tail band) 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.
tags: Lepidoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife A Zebra Swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus, 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.
tags: Amphibian, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife I think this is a caecelian with eggs as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown-bound 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.
tags: Odonata, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife A dragonfly species (but which one?) 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.
tags: Orthoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife A locust/grasshopper species (but which one?) 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.
tags: aves, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife A hummingbird species 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.
tags: Diplopoda, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife I think this is a millipede species (but which one?) 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.
tags: arachnida, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife Spider species (but which one?) 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.
tags: Hymenoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife Hornet/wasp species (but which one?) 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.
tags: arachnid, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife Scorpion species (but which one?) 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.
tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife These are tropical marine anenomefishes, Amphiprion species, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of 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.
tags: Decapoda, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife These are two marine crab species (which ones? and the one on the left appears to have eggs coating her upper carapace) as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of 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.