What are these things in subway stations? (w/out pics this time)

JBW

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Feb 28, 2006, 11:46:09 PM2/28/06

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In several locations in the Union Square station, there are these red and
green hollow metal rectangles on the wall. Most of them have glass fronts,
some have a prism effect that makes them appear to be deeper than they are,
and some have writing on the inside flange. What are they?

I had included some pictures of one at the south end of the uptown NRWQ
platform, but I think the server disallowed the post b/c this isn't a binary
group. Sorry.

-JBW

Steven M. O'Neill

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Mar 1, 2006, 7:06:22 AM3/1/06

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JBW <re...@group.com> wrote:
>In several locations in the Union Square station, there are these red and
>green hollow metal rectangles on the wall. Most of them have glass fronts,
>some have a prism effect that makes them appear to be deeper than they are,
>and some have writing on the inside flange. What are they?

It's art.

http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/aft/pa/tour/14mmissw.htm

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Steven O'Neill ste...@panix.com
Brooklyn, NY

Doug Cunningly

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Mar 1, 2006, 10:36:54 AM3/1/06

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ste...@panix.com (Steven M. O'Neill) wrote in news:du42nu$8qe$1
@reader2.panix.com:

> JBW <re...@group.com> wrote:
>>In several locations in the Union Square station, there are these red and
>>green hollow metal rectangles on the wall. Most of them have glass fronts,
>>some have a prism effect that makes them appear to be deeper than they are,
>>and some have writing on the inside flange. What are they?
>
> It's art.
>
> http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/aft/pa/tour/14mmissw.htm
>

They've been there at least 5 year. They're down on the platforms too.

JBW

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Mar 1, 2006, 10:47:11 AM3/1/06

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> They've been there at least 5 year. They're down on the platforms too.

Here are some of the things I thought they were for (besides decoration):

fire blanket storage
pipe chase
modular partition anchor points
mirrors to see around corners/different parts of the station

man, was I ever wrong. haha.

Steven M. O'Neill

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Mar 1, 2006, 11:46:27 AM3/1/06

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JBW <re...@group.com> wrote:
>Here are some of the things I thought they were for (besides decoration):
>
>fire blanket storage
>pipe chase
>modular partition anchor points
>mirrors to see around corners/different parts of the station
>
>man, was I ever wrong. haha.

I'd like to see the pics though -- maybe you could put them on
a flickr.com account? (It's free.)

David of Broadway

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Mar 1, 2006, 9:07:06 PM3/1/06

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Doug Cunningly wrote:

> They've been there at least 5 year. They're down on the platforms too.

As the previously cited website says, they've been there since 1998.
They were installed during the station rehab. Remnants of the past are
framed.
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David of Broadway
New York, NY

JBW

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Mar 1, 2006, 10:18:06 PM3/1/06

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The pics aren't worth it... I took them on my cell phone camera and they
look terrible. I had only posted them in case nobody knew what I was
talking about.

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Doug Cunningly

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Mar 3, 2006, 10:38:48 AM3/3/06

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"JBW" <re...@group.com> wrote in news:iL-
dnewAUuhy_pvZn...@giganews.com:

They tend to be rather narrow with a glass window and something behind it,
with mirrors to the sides on the inside and various lettering. Not something
that photographs well even with a flash.