NYC through my eye
grrlscientist | April 6, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 3]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 5, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 2]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 4, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 1]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 3, 2008tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
grrlscientist | April 3, 2008tags: photography, Lincoln Center, NYC, NYCLife
Looking south towards Lincoln Center from West 66th street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Yesterday, I had plenty of errands to keep me busy because the birds were out of food and I had a mountain of mail to send and an even bigger mountain of mail to retrieve. So I took my camera and got a few pictures while I took care of business. I thought this picture was especially nice.
Incidentally, I was unable to get out today because the building super and his assistant were fixing the holes in my trashed bathroom. I am excited…
grrlscientist | April 2, 2008tags: Hymenoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ant species (but which one, Alex?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
The ants run away ..
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
Thus ends the AMNH subway art series. In short, I photographed all of the tile mosaics (uptown-bound platform, entrances and stairways), several…
grrlscientist | April 1, 2008tags: Hymenoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ant species [detail]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 31, 2008tags: Aves, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this might be a Common Black Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus,
(although it lacks the broad white terminal tail band)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 30, 2008tags: Lepidoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A Zebra Swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
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grrlscientist | March 29, 2008tags: Amphibian, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a caecelian with eggs
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown-bound subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
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grrlscientist | March 28, 2008tags: Odonata, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A dragonfly species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 27, 2008tags: Orthoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A locust/grasshopper species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 26, 2008tags: aves, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A hummingbird species
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
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grrlscientist | March 25, 2008tags: Diplopoda, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a millipede species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 24, 2008tags: arachnida, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Spider species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 23, 2008tags: Hymenoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Hornet/wasp species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 22, 2008tags: arachnid, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Scorpion species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 21, 2008tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
These are tropical marine anenomefishes, Amphiprion species,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
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grrlscientist | March 20, 2008tags: Decapoda, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
These are two marine crab species (which ones?
and the one on the left appears to have eggs coating her upper carapace)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | March 19, 2008tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This is a tropical marine fish species (which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.