subway tile art

tags: Decapoda, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife These are two marine crab species (which ones? and the one on the left appears to have eggs coating her upper carapace) as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC 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.
tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife This is a tropical marine fish species (which one?) as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC 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.
tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife A great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC 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.
tags: echinodermata, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife Perhaps this is a bat star, Asterina miniata? as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash). Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size]. The doctors instructed me to move my lower arm around without moving my upper arm at all, as a form of physical therapy, to make sure I don't lose my range of motion and fine motor skills in my left hand and arm. Well, that assignment seemed the perfect excuse to get out there and start…
tags: astronomy, solar system, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife Since I am having trouble getting out to roam the city and take pictures, I thought I'd return us to the upstairs subway platform at AMNH for a couple days to look at a few pieces that I haven't yet shared with you. Solar system as portrayed in tiles on the stairway leading down into the NYC subway stop (A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash). Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size]. The lighting over this landing makes this mosaic difficult to photograph, unfortunately, since it is quite…
tags: mystery bird, fossil bird, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife Since I am having trouble getting out to roam the city and take pictures, I thought I'd return us to the upstairs subway platform at AMNH for a couple days to look at a few pieces that I haven't yet shared with you. Mystery bird -- Archeopteryx? as portrayed in tiles on the downtown stairway landing of the NYC 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 --…
tags: insect, wasp, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife I think this is an Ichneumon wasp species (but which one?) 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.
New York's subway station at 81st and Central Park West (CPW), also known as the AMNH subway station, was first opened on 10 September 1932, and rennovation of this station was completed in 1999 after the planetarium had been added to the Natural History Museum in 1990 (at a great cost that still has not been paid off, might I add). The art at this subway station was produced by the MTA Arts for Transit Design Team in cooperation with the Museum of Natural History and is a study of the evolution of life from the big bang to the present day. The entire collection at this station is entitled…