A display of old subway wall decorations in the Union Square Subway Station near the stairway to the downtown number 6 train.
I didn’t see a plaque or anything, but it looks like they cut the whole thing out when doing a renovation. I see a layer of brick, concrete and maybe a bit of Manhattan bedrock, or is that more concrete?
14th Street-Union Square Complex
Mary Miss Framing Union Square, 1998
Glass, enameled steel, and aluminum frames highlighting historic and architectural elements throughout station complex
Mary Miss worked with architect Lee Harris Pomeroy to use the rehabilitation of Union Square station as an opportunity to uncover hidden structural elements, cables, and conduits - some still functional and others replaced by new improvements. Old decorative work reappeared during construction, such as mosaics, pilasters, name plaques, and six terra cotta eagles from the 1904 station, once presumed lost.
I found the red framing annoying trying to get good shots of the pillars without the red steel intruding, but I guess bright red does alert travel-trance eyes to the art.
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Hi Michael, loved these photos. My father God rest him, worked on the railway, so it kind of reminded me of him.