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Over at Codex 99, check out this cool post about subway tiles.

 

4 comments

1 ms october   ~  Nov 10, 2011 12:00 pm

cool. really nice tiles can add a lot to a station.
i like the ones of frederick douglass at 110, the natural history museum ones, and the spanish harlem ones.

2 thelarmis   ~  Nov 10, 2011 1:56 pm

this tune goes nicely here. it's joe jackson's "uptown train" from his most current studio album, Rain. it's a mix of ramsey lewis and horace silver blue note sounds. enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEDn-3DxKLY

3 thelarmis   ~  Nov 10, 2011 1:58 pm

[1] i love frederick douglass. i thoroughly enjoyed reading and learning about him in college. when i played in ireleand, we got a great tour from a (music) tour manager. belfast, was really interesting. i was pleasantly surprised to see a giant mural of frederick douglass on the side of a building there downtown. gave me a sense of comfort and home.

4 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Nov 11, 2011 8:40 am

Codex 99 is one magnificent website/blog. Thanks.

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