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

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.

Indeed, bathroom tile ideas and trends have veered all over the map during the last several decades—everywhere from Art Deco–themed to fancified subway tile.

Subway Art for Straphangers and Sightseers. By . Jen Carlson. Published Jan 20, 2008. ... Last week Boing Boing pointed to some subterranean tile art featuring polar bears and penguins, oh my!

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.