My favorite radio show, The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, featured "arts at NY MTA stations" yesterday. I emailed them that my favorite character is the beaver at the Astor Place Station. To my surprise, my mail was read by Brian and the guests explained the legend!! If you want to check out their audio archive, visit here!!
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Dear Naoko:
That is part of MTA Art for Transit.
Here is link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_%28IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line%29
It has more information on every artworks, unknown Transit Arts included.
By the way, I met Sachie and I guided her in Met's new Greek & Roman Arts, and Cloisters Museum.
On May 11, Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Central Park Conservancy President Douglas Blonsky, Heckscher Foundation for Children President Virginia Sloane, and local schoolchildren cut the ribbon on the newly reconstructed West 110th Street Playground in the northwest corner of Central Park. Funding for the sweeping renovation was provided entirely by the Heckscher Foundation for Children.
Followed by
New York Public Library just opened first branch in SoHo district at 10 Jersey St on Monday, May 21st # 3pm. That makes 81 Branches.
Hi Yuki! Thank you for your useful comment!!
I'm glad to hear that you met Sachie!! I want to see you some day, too!!
Oops, Naoko, I forgot to put this links about artworks in NYCT Subways, Long Island Railroad, Metro-North Railroad and Bridge & Tunnel.
New Arts in Bronx Stations
http://www.mta.info/mta/news/newsroom/mtaaft.htm
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork
MTA Art for Transit- requires flash player
http://www.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/
I'm going on mass transit journey in 1-day through NJ to Philadelphia, lunch break, then back through NJ to NY without using expensive Amtrak.
Speaking of NJ, be sure to have extra money before on Friday June 1st, 10% increase on all NJT Trains except, MTA Metro-North west of Hudson Line, except for Suffern passengers, NJT Buses and private carriers contract w/ NJT, River Line, Hudson-Bergen Lightrail and Newark City Subway.
I updated my blog.
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