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A blue tile mosaic mural with depictions of various historical figures

“Harlem Timeline”

by Willie Birch

Explore the history of Harlem through this work of art in the New York City subway system.

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People at right foreground and left background going up a set of stairs; in the center background, a multicolored glass mosaic of a city skyline with an elevated train, and below a tile mosaic reading "TO UP TOWN AND DOWN TOWN TRAINS."

“City of Glass”

by Romare Bearden

Explore the work of Romare Bearden in this posthumously completed piece.

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A five-piece mural made out of steel grates of a person working in a field.

“Urban Garden Rail”

by Saya Woolfalk

Explore responses to food access issues in segregated communities through this work of art.

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A color photograph of an outdoor train platform with a wall of glass panels overlooking the street below; the images include a propeller airplane, a Tuskegee airman, a car, and horse racing.

“Illuminations”

by Darryl Westly

View a work of art on the Long Island Rail Road paying homage, in part, to the Tuskegee Airmen.

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A multicolored, abstract glass mosaic.

“Just Jazz”

by Moe Brooker

Explore a work of art on the Long Island Rail Road inspired by jazz musician John Coltrane.

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A tile mosaic in a subway station of drum majors in white uniforms dancing in formation.

“PARADE”

by Derek Fordjour

View an homage to historic parades through Harlem in this mosaic created in the New York City subway system.

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A Black man wearing a black baseball cap, orange shirt, jeans, and sneakers, walking along a bridge with a series of metal panels in the background.

“Empirical Evidence”

by Damien Davis

View a work of art paying homage to the African American community of Mount Vernon, NY.

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