Subway tiles are reminiscent of early 1900s New York, ... Bold colors are more in line with how these tiles appeared in Art ...

Tenders SC-1 and SC-2, won by the Foundation Company of Canada, called for the glossy tile, popular in art deco buildings, over glazed terra-cotta and a type of tin-glazed tile, after the ...

20 NYC subway stations with show-stopping tile art. Celebrating the craftsmanship behind New York’s subway stations. By Amy Plitt @plitter May 16, 2017, 3:03pm EDT View as Map.

The tiles are not illustrations but symbols and signs, creating a pictorial language out of idiosyncratic snapshots, some universal, some “Only in New York.” Ik-Joong Kant, Happy World , 1999.

Become a paid member to listen to this article. The colors and shapes that appear in artist Glendalys Medina’s new mosaic subway art are pulled from the surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods ...