AMNH Subway Art
grrlscientist | January 12, 2008tags: subway art, reptile, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (left), and
panther chameleon, Furcifer pardalis (right),
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 11, 2008tags: subway art, basilisk, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A common basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus, with the shadow
of Velociraptor spp. in the background,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 9, 2008tags: subway art, dusky lory, Pseudeos fuscata, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A pair of dusky lories, Pseudeos fuscata,
as portrayed in tiles just above the handrail on the walls of the
at the northernmost stairway to the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
This is one of the species of parrot that I bred up until a few years ago. This species was also included in my postdoc research into the evolution of parrots of the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Dusky lories…
grrlscientist | January 7, 2008tags: subway art, laughing gull, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A laughing gull, Larus atricilla,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 6, 2008tags: subway art, California quail, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A whooping crane, Grus americana, standing in
front of the shadow of a Dodo, Raphus cucullatues,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 5, 2008tags: subway art, California quail, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A California quail, Callipepla californica,
with the shadow of a pigeon (passenger pigeon?) behind it,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 4, 2008tags: subway art, woodpecker, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2007 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 3, 2008tags: subway art, ostriches, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
The ostrich, Struthio camelus, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2007 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 1, 2008tags: subway art, coelacanth, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
Latimeria species, the legendary coelacanth, a living fossil,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2007 [wallpaper size].
This is my favorite of all the tile art pieces that can be seen at the AMNH stop on the uptown A-B-C subway lines.
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.