Paz's New York Minute » New York Subway Life

Subway trains, Apartment Buildings and Yellow Trees

Paz New York — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:05:03 +0000

The No. 1 subway train, headed downtown.

On Broadway.

Ridin’ the subway

Paz New York — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:12:15 +0000

Wednesday morning, on the subway, during rush hour, a mom sat across from me with her kid on her lap. A man who I assumed was the father sat next to them. The car was packed with people sitting and standing. As the train made its stops, the mom read a book — Harry Potter, aloud, to her son who must have been about five years old (No more than six). Despite the noise of the traveling train, her voice could be heard in my section of the train. I guess it was a nice idea that she was reading to her kid but it was also annoying to me because I was forced to listen to a Harry Potter story (I think I’m one of the few people who have never read the books or seen the movies, by the way). I’m sure other passengers were annoyed, too. However no one protested. We all tried to ignore the mother and son, who would occasionally stop her to ask a question about the story. Everyone tried to concentrate on what they were doing on the train — like one passenger who seemed overly absorbed in his New York Times paper. Another passenger turned up her iPod, I tried to concentrate on my own book. Soon it became quieter when the mother, father and son reached their stop and got off the train. Yay! Life on a NYC subway.

This mosaic wall at the Houston St. station is nicer to look at than staring at the subway tracks while waiting for the train. The station was renovated in 1994. The art work is by Deborah Brown and entitled Platform Diving. It is an interpretation of the question, "What kind of subway would sea creatures use?"

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96th Street

Paz New York — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:34:03 +0000

Waiting at another subway station.

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68th Street

Paz New York — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:32:07 +0000

This is a portion of a mosaic wall at the Lincoln Center Subway Station. The walls were renovated in 2004 and decorated with mosaics designed by New York artist, Nancy Spero

This station is near Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts.

Happy Monday, everyone! Have a great new week!

Paz

215 Street

Paz New York — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:36:24 +0000

This isn’t the best-looking subway station. Looks like it needs a paint job.

.. but it’s normally used by a lot of people.

At the time I took this photo, it was pretty quiet on the platform. This lady was the only one waiting for the train.

Above-ground subway stations are especially nice during the summer, because normally the underground ones are very very hot.

Ahh! The lady’s train arrives.

So long!