New York City Subway tiles
Many New York City Subway stations are decorated with colorful ceramic plaques and tile mosaics. Of these, many take the form of signs, identifying the station's location. Much of this ceramic work was in place when the subway system originally opened on October 27, 1904. Newer work continues to be installed each year, much of it cheerful and fanciful.
Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center station identification on the BMT Brighton Line platform
Faience plaque with beaver at Astor Place
Enamel station-identification signs
Bilingual Canal Street (BMT Broadway Line) station ID
Heins & LaFarge was a New York City–based architectural firm founded by Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860–1907) and Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), the eldest son of the artist John La Farge. They were the architects for the original Romanesque-Byzantine east end and crossing of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, and for the original Astor Court buildings of the Bronx Zoo, which formed a complete ensemble reflecting the aesthetic of the City Beautiful movement. Heins & LaFarge provided the architecture and details for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, the first precursor to the New York City Subway.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, New York City
Interior view of Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan
Enoch Grand Lodge in Brooklyn
The domed crossing on Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington D.C., built in 1893