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Subway Art - 81st Station


Subway Art - 81st Station

Mosaics at the Museum of Natural History Museum subway station



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That's a long tail ! :o)

16 Dec, 2013

 

Thanks for all the wonderful photo's Paul..I have 'liked' them all ..I guess you will notice them even more,now you have taken the time to stop and look.I .hope you weren't late for work,if this is the subway you use ! Lol

16 Dec, 2013

 

Thanks Sandra. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I took these on a Sunday afternoon on the way home from a holiday party. It was on my way. They are amazing works of art.

16 Dec, 2013

 

Thanks for these very interestingpitures.
When the London underground tube was first built very few working class people could read and write and that of course included the underground staff.
To get over this problem each station had a unique coloured pattern along the entire length of its platforms (as well as having written station names) this unique coloured pattern told passengers and drivers who could not read which station they had arrived at.
Sadly of the many miles of tiles very few original tiles remain.

16 Dec, 2013

 

Mine do not have tails. :-)

16 Dec, 2013

 

Our subways have come a long way from what I remember growing up. However the fare also went from 35ยข to $2.50 so we pay for it.

16 Dec, 2013



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