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Subway tiles are reminiscent of early 1900s New York, ... Bold colors are more in line with how these tiles appeared in Art ...
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.
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 ...
When the Heins & LeFarge and Grueby Faience Company tiles were chosen to decorate the subway, the experimental works of art were left in place, hidden behind a wall.
The late multi-hyphenate artist Vito Acconci designed the art within the Yankee Stadium subway stop, and the name, “Wall-Slide,” is a pretty accurate descriptor of how the piece looks.