The subway stations in New York City is a dynamic place - full of art, culture, and energy, just like the city itself. But it can also be incredibly disorienting, frustrating, and confusing at times - also like the city itself.
The average station spans at least two blocks and has at least two levels, and the complex transfer stations are even bigger and more complicated. Yet as we walk around the stations, we can only see so much. Tourists and local New Yorkers alike, we know the part of the stations we use, and the rest is a mystery.
Over the past few years I have been walking around the stations, sketching the stations and taking pictures. I overlaid them on each other, to juxtapose, and to reveal the bigger picture, the three-dimensionality of these underground spaces.
I hope they give you a new perspective, a new way of understanding, and perhaps a new found sentiment, for this mystifying world.
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Mezzanine at West 4th Street Station
Tunnel Vision at 42nd Street Times Square Station
Little Guy with Head Off at 14th Street Station
Transfer to 2 or 3 Train at Fulton Street Station
Walkway and Escalators at 34th Street Herald Square Station
Trumpet Player at 59th Street Columbus Circle Station
Coming up from below at Broadway - Lafayette Street Station
Descending onto the 7 Train Platform at 42nd Street Grand Central Station
Crisscross Ramps at 34th Street Herald Square Station
Hexagonal Neon Ceiling at Broadway - Lafayette Street Station
Narrow Stair Opening at Jay Street - MetroTech Station
Fragments of People's Lives at White Hall South Ferry Station
Transferring to the S Train at 42nd Street Grand Central Station
Colorful Landing at 59th Street Columbus Circle Station
Weird-angled Ramps at Atlantic Avenue Barclays Center Station
Dead End at Delancey Street Essex Street Station
Going up Stairs with Fish Mural at Delancey Street Essex Street Station
Whimsical Alice in the Wonderland Themed Transfer at Lexington Avenue 59th Street Station
