Beyond the sun and the moon

I hadn't fully thought through that today was going to be super hot... I was just so happy to be well enough to continue with the subway series... I decided to make my way to the other end of the 3 train: New Lots station... Although I have to report there aren't going to be images from that station... As with most outdoor stations there wasn't much that I wanted to capture... But at least I was there! ;)



I shot this actually on my way back... (I have a tough time figuring out how to structure my posts here... My instincts tell me to go in the sequence I shot the images, but that usually doesn't give me the best flow...) This is at Crown Heights - Utica Ave station... I couldn't quite figure out what was happening as there were numerous images of the moon and the sun in that station... It is part of the piece "Good Morning and Good Night, 2004" by Hugo Consuegra. So this sun is greeting the travelers on the way to the trains... Manhattan bound platforms have suns as well...



I guess the artist took the normal work day of commuters in Brooklyn as inspiration...
Rise early with the sun to travel to Manhattan and return to Brooklyn as the day closes...



I like how the shape of the sun is repeated in the flowers...



Just before exiting the station... Moon is sleepy!



Aliens! And moon concerned!



The cow that jumped over the moon... Almost!



Lovely to see this old style grate preserved in this renovation... I actually have to say that I really like the job the MTA did on this station! I like the playful art and the vivid yellow!



Signal at that station...



Rockaway Ave station... I like the building shapes lined up next to the tracks...



Borough Hall station... Lovely how the tile is fitted right into the curved wall... Wow!



Outside same station... Nothing is hinting at the beauty of the station decals below...



Hoped to find more of those lovely (or strange) tiles when I got off my train, but at least got this shot...



Only a few feet from the shot above... That always throws me off... I can never figure out how this is determined: "OK, we'll just tile to right there and leave the other stuff for the rest of that station??" Really?



I actually got off the train when I saw this... Don't know if this happens often at this station (14 St station, 1, 2, 3 line) but it was the first time for me to see this: Sunlight coming through the air shafts... I always had sunlight and underground stations separated into different worlds in my mind... Mmmh...



More sunlight!



The end! Detail of sunlight in underground station...