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Subject:
inadvertent urban archaeology
From:
Bob Skiles <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 07:50:59 -0600
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A Decorative Piece of Subway History Is Unearthed in a Busy Station

By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Published: November 2, 2007
[New York Times]
A lovely little piece of subway history on the uptown platform of the No. 1 line at 59th Street-Columbus Circle — so old it actually antedates the trains — was concealed from generations of riders by a false wall.

With the false wall being removed as part of the station renovation, history has come to light again: a blue-and-white Art Nouveau plaque, with a flowery border (worthy of willow ware) encircling the words, “The Tiles in This Exhibit are the product of the American Encaustic Tiling Co. Limited / Zanesville Ohio / New-York N.Y.”

What exhibit?

... pix & the remainder of the story here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/nyregion/02plaque.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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