Bowie Art Makes NY Subway Fun

April 25, 2018 6:52 PM

The Broadway-Lafayette subway station has undergone a transformation. Posters, art, quotes: all by David Bowie in honor of the tribute show currently running have transformed the subway stop. And, the coolest thing is the set of Metro cards with different art on each one. Collect the set!
posted by MovableBookLady (4 comments total)

It's fun. Aside from all the photos plastered on the walls, there's a map showing the locations in Manhattan of the studios he recorded in, the venues he played, and his favorite park, but not of the building where he lived (and where Iman and his daughter still live), which is nearby. Many New Yorkers know where it is, anyway.

I went down on Monday after work to see the fuss for myself. My favorite picture in the station, of all the ones on display, is one I hadn't seen before of a pair of his heels from the 70s. About 6 or 7 blocks NE, on the fence of an apartment building on Bond Street, you can see the two pictures that inspired these two at the station.
posted by droplet at 8:08 PM on April 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

I want need those metro cards.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 11:44 PM on April 25, 2018 [3 favorites]

Also covered on the newly-revived Gothamist!
posted by 1970s Antihero at 3:35 AM on April 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

The line to get metro cards at that stop was a mile long. I couldn’t figure out why until now.

Funny thing, it’s an ad. Pretty good ad though if you can get people to line up for it.
posted by fungible at 4:21 AM on April 26, 2018