Continuation of Subway Art. It is as varied as it is clever. All of the art is tile work.
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Subway Art
The City subways may not rival those of great European cities, but there is a concerted effort to make them attractive. These are examples of the tile work found on some of the platforms.
Bygone Glory
If one looks up in some of the subway stations, you can see the glory that used to be, but is now gone to ruin. Not only has it not been possible to keep it up, but new wiring has been placed in an unattractive but necessary way. There must have been a time when …
Rooftops
For three months, on the corner of 8th avenue and 46th, I passed this display behind a cyclone fence: it was rooftops in varying heights, as if they were part of a small village. The rooftops gave the illusion that the houses were below the ground. Googling, I couldn’t find any information about them, and …
Ars Nova
This is more than a theatre house, or just a company, in their words ‘they are NYC’s hub for new talent in theatre, music and comedy early in their professional careers’. The Artistic Director, Jason, is the great nephew of Frank. Frank is proud of Jason, and rightly so. Tonight I was there for The …
Fun and Free
Went with a friend last night to the second floor of the Hilton Hotel on 6th Avenue where every 20 minutes another music or dance performance was taking place. The venue was the APAP [Association of Performing Arts Presenters] Showcase 2012. What a wonder! Of course we saw the Dana Leong Trio: electric cello, guitar, …
Chance Meeting
I stared at the ends of his shawl, the tassels were woven with beautiful threads. It was hanging below his jacket, just about eye level to me where I sat on the subway. The car was crowded, so he was rather close, hanging onto the rail above. My fascination with the textile quality of this …
More Than Meets the Eye
The shop draws you in. On a main street in SoHo. Flat against the store-front window glass are bolts of fabric, newspaper clippings and photos. But it is a peak in the open door seeing the vibrant colors and the draped fabrics and ruffles and pleats that begs you enter. Once inside the feeling is …
Toiling Away
When non-New Yorkers think of the City and Broadway, they assume that every actor in town is gunning to be on the main stage of some Broadway production, but that is oh so not the case. Tucked away in basements, behind store fronts, in high rise buildings on floors assessable sometimes only by walking up …
Another Tree
It wasn’t a cheap ticket by any count, especially for a museum that hasn’t changed it’s core exhibits in the last double digit decades but it was a sight to behold thus worth the price of entry. The Origami Holiday Tree at the American Museum of Natural History. I didn’t count them, but word has it …