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 enlarge | Authors: New York Transit Museum, Anthony Robins, Andrew Garn
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 232838
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 252
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 9.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 158479349X
Dewey Decimal Number: 725.31097471074
EAN: 9781584793496
ASIN: 158479349X
Publication Date: October 1, 2004
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Condition: Book is new but jacket is worn on edges from shelf wear.
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 There is Art Beneath What You See October 14, 2004
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
When I've gotten into the New York Subway, my first thoughts have been of dirt, noise (obnoxious music and squealing wheels), and where's the damn train. When I've looked at the elements that make up the structure I've seen steel beams with twenty-eleven layers of peeling paint. After reading this book, it will, hopefully, not be the same. The carefully selected photographs (showing a lot more cleanliness than uaual) point out the points of design that were incorporated into the original construction.
An official publication of the MTS's New York Transit Museum, this profusely illustrated book makes you look at the New York Subway in a different light. Here there is beauty and elegance sufficient to make you think of the subway as a work of art in its own right. Look carefully, the signs you're looking for to tell you where you want to go may be carefully done in mosaic tile or held up by a delicate iron casting.
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