Artwork: "An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders" (Owen Smith)

Artwork: "An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders" (Owen Smith)

Location: 36th Street (BMT 4th Avenue Line)
Installation Year: 1998
Notes:

In the mezzanine is a large three-panel mosaic entitled An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders, by artist Owen Smith, which were installed in 1998. The mural depicts the design, construction, and riders of the subway. Two other mosaics above the stairways depict amusement rides at Coney Island framed by the stairway of a Brooklyn brownstone house, and the New York city skyline with Rockettes and a paper tape stock ticker.


(image 12966) (100k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT 4th Avenue Line
Location: 36th Street
Photo by: Joe Testagrose
Date: 09/22/2002
Artwork: An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders, Owen Smith, 1998
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT 4th Avenue Line
Location: 36th Street
Photo by: Joe Testagrose
Date: 09/22/2002
Artwork: An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders, Owen Smith, 1998
Notes: Designers panel.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT 4th Avenue Line
Location: 36th Street
Photo by: Stephen Ives
Date: 11/06/1999
Artwork: An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders, Owen Smith, 1998
Notes: Coney Island mosaic
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT 4th Avenue Line
Location: 36th Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 07/18/1998
Artwork: An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders, Owen Smith, 1998
Notes: Riders panel.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT 4th Avenue Line
Location: 36th Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 07/18/1998
Artwork: An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders, Owen Smith, 1998
Notes: Builders panel.
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