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Yesterday, Metro had an article about a guerrilla art piece called "No Train Like Home": A group of artists were going to decorate an F train at Stillwell Avenue with homey touches.
They plan to hang blue curtains with white flowers and duct tape welcome mats to the areas by the doors. A blue runner will warm up the middle of the car. They’ll distribute magazines and hang fake plants from overhead bars.The Post has the followup, along with photos, of the finished train and the artists putting the decorations up (printed images of books on a shelf for the overhead ads) with double-sided tape. Most people seemed to like the installation, and the artists weren't arrested, though the MTA said, "We appreciate the design ideas, but we can't have people taking that into their own hands not knowing our system safety requirements."“We decided against real plants because we didn’t want dirt to fall on people’s heads,” [artist Ellen] Moynihan explained.
They printed images of pillows on adhesive paper — it’s not permanent, Moynihan emphasized — that they’ll tape onto the seats. No real pillows because “the train will go around a curve and the pillows will fall on the ground and get disgusting.”
Moynihan told the Post that the project was supposed to show "how much of a second home the subway system can be for millions of commuters." No kidding! With long work days and long commutes (not to mention delays), we've seen folks eat and share food, take a nap, work on their chain mail (on an actual table), and take off their shoes and rest their toes. The other day, we saw a mother arrange a rather beautiful breakfast spread for a baby in a stroller.
Are you one of those people who relaxes on the subway any way you like? Or is reading a magazine or listening to your iPod all you need?
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awesome!
I admit to eating. I know my crumbs probably contribute to rat infestation, but sometimes I'm hungry!
Besides, I don't feel so bad about eating since I've seen people clip their nails and leaving their clippings all over the subway seat...
Somebody get these girls on the MTA board! Awesome, please let me know when they'll be working on the 2,3, or Qbert lines.
You dopes are missing the point of the picture . Those seats are meant be used as an "ASSrest" ! It's not meant for your feet, That's the problem with New Yorkers . Were lazy and have little respect for anything ! We want to be recognized for being the "City that never sleeps", Well we need to start acting like it and show a little respect ! You have no idea how many times I've gotten on a train and saw three of four seats with shoe prints on them or worst . We wonder why from time too time the cops go on their annual ticket blitz for what some may call "Silly summones" . By doing shit like that, You validate them handing out those "Silly Summones" .
well, there was an ikea ad that did a subway car with "real" furniture. I'm not saying these artists copied the idea... it can be a coincidence only...
Now if we could only convince the fuckwads to take their trash with them when they leave the train. I see far too many empty Sanpple bottles and coffee cups on the trains in the morning.
Someone should do a study about which are the filthiest trains, i.e. which ones have the most trash left behind. I have some guesses but I fear I'd be seen as insensitive or bigoted because those trains originate in certain neighborhoods. Sigh...just part of being a New Yorker I guess.
My favorite is when homeless peeps defecate in the subway cars..make's for an interesting commmute, or better yet a delayed one.
Anywhere we can see more photos of the decorated car? The Post only has two.
you can see more photos at:
notrainlikehome.blogspot.com
No #6 your right don't be afraid to tell the truth . Hell when I go to work early in the morning, I see the (E) train pull into Jamaica Center and half the train is full of trash and foul odors from fast food packages left on the train along the trip by dirty ass people . You can tell which neighborhoods the trash comes from for the most part . One day I took the (E) from Chambers Street on my way home(The damn (J) train was messed up) and just sat their and watched as people got on and off during my trip home . From The first stop too about [53] Street, No problems in the car I was riding in . The train pulled into [23]-Ely, and that's where the trash started to pile on . By the time the train got too Jackson Heights the car smelled like fish and the floor was wet with coffee and soda running the length of the car . It would be easy to say that the cleaners weren't doing there jobs and cleaning up the trains, That's just not true . They did clean this particular train because I had to wait for them to open the doors as they were mopping the floor . You take a ride on the [2,3,4,] in Brooklyn at anytime and you'll see what I mean . You can't blame it on the Homeless either .
No #6 your right don't be afraid to tell the truth . Hell when I go to work early in the morning, I see the (E) train pull into Jamaica Center and half the train is full of trash and foul odors from fast food packages left on the train along the trip by dirty ass people . You can tell which neighborhoods the trash comes from for the most part . One day I took the (E) from Chambers Street on my way home(The damn (J) train was messed up) and just sat their and watched as people got on and off during my trip home . From The first stop too about [53] Street, No problems in the car I was riding in . The train pulled into [23]-Ely, and that's where the trash started to pile on . By the time the train got too Jackson Heights the car smelled like fish and the floor was wet with coffee and soda running the length of the car . It would be easy to say that the cleaners weren't doing there jobs and cleaning up the trains, That's just not true . They did clean this particular train because I had to wait for them to open the doors as they were mopping the floor . You take a ride on the [2,3,4,] in Brooklyn at anytime and you'll see what I mean . You can't blame it on the Homeless either .
No #6 your right don't be afraid to tell the truth . Hell when I go to work early in the morning, I see the (E) train pull into Jamaica Center and half the train is full of trash and foul odors from fast food packages left on the train along the trip by dirty ass people . You can tell which neighborhoods the trash comes from for the most part . One day I took the (E) from Chambers Street on my way home(The damn (J) train was messed up) and just sat their and watched as people got on and off during my trip home . From The first stop too about [53] Street, No problems in the car I was riding in . The train pulled into [23]-Ely, and that's where the trash started to pile on . By the time the train got too Jackson Heights the car smelled like fish and the floor was wet with coffee and soda running the length of the car . It would be easy to say that the cleaners weren't doing there jobs and cleaning up the trains, That's just not true . They did clean this particular train because I had to wait for them to open the doors as they were mopping the floor . You take a ride on the [2,3,4,] in Brooklyn at anytime and you'll see what I mean . You can't blame it on the Homeless either .