The imagery is manipulated and re-configured and each station level provides a unique focus, palette and material. At the 3rd Avenue escalator, the view is filled with ceramic tile depicting construction beams and the cranes that dismantled the El in the s. At the 3rd Avenue mezzanine, a mosaic reveals the sky where the train had previously been present, and features images of people from the era in this neighborhood transformation.
The platform level features semitransparent and reflective materials showing vintage scenes of the neighborhood, while enabling contemporary viewers to see themselves in the cityscape of the past. Perfect Strangers by Vik Muniz features more than three dozen characters created in mosaic and installed throughout the mezzanine and entrance areas, populating the station with colorful images of all types of New Yorkers.
The main station entrance features a laminated glass canopy at street level depicting a flock of birds, bringing art and nature to the busy location. Within the expanse of the mezzanine concourse, the life size figures provide bursts of color and visual interest and an opportunity for new discovery with every trip through the station. His various painting techniques have been interpreted in ten works as mosaic, and in two as ceramic tile.
The artworks measure close to nine feet high and are placed on the walls at the station entrances and the mezzanine concourse. Blueprint for a Landscape by Sarah Sze profoundly impacts the look of the station as her imagery is applied directly to nearly unique porcelain wall tiles, spanning approximately 14, square feet.
The designs feature familiar objects — sheets of paper, scaffolding, birds, trees, and foliage — caught up in a whirlwind velocity that picks up speed and intensity as the composition unfolds throughout the station with references to energy fields and wind patterns.
Each entrance features a different shade of blue and a blueprint-style vector line design, a visual theme that is integrated with the architecture. Community Information Center exhibits make their online Debut.
Since opening in July of , The Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center has welcomed more than 25, visitors, who among other activities, have explored the five interactive exhibits displayed there. Cooper said the owners of Second Avenue North also collaborated with Metro Planning and the Urban Land Institute on a vision for their properties that includes a passageway to 1st Avenue. Christmas will mark one year since Second Avenue was forever changed by an early morning bombing.
Throughout the year, community feedback has been essential for project managers, saying they want to gear the designs towards the people of Nashville, not just tourists. This fall, the commission approved the reconstruction recommendations for two buildings, including immediate stabilization to repair gutters, steel bracing and additional protective mortar to the tops of exposed masonry walls.
Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Mayor John Cooper has unveiled a "community vision" for historic downtown Nashville, including details of the Second Avenue recovery project.
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