Dekalb Stop Gets a Bathroom in Glasgow

Photos via Reclaimed Home.

Sure, we're all familiar with subway tiles, but would you ever go so far as to recreate the Dekalb subway stop in your bathroom? One Glasgow resident did just that, making good on a 21-year-old promise.

21 years ago I arrived in New York City from Scotland to visit...and was immediatedly fascinated by The Subway. I was an undergrad painting student at the time, and returned to Scotland to begin making full-size replicas of mosaic-ed station names, complete with grafitti and running-water staining. At the time, i remember saying that if I ever bought a flat, I would tile my bathroom with a New York subway station name. I decided on my local station on that first NY trip - DeKalb Avenue.

There's some intricate detail in there, down to the "black grout for that 100 year-old subway grime effect." Read more about the endeavour here, and see more photos here. [via Curbed]

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on September 2, 2008 4:51 PM

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kearnj

I gagged a little when I read this while I was eating.

Toby von Meistersinger

A few years ago the Transit Authority was selling some surplus tiles. I thought about getting them, but you had to get an absurd amount of them.

This is just brilliant!

Ted

I would much rather have a bathroom in the Dekalb Ave. station than the other way around.

Spirit of 76

I lucked onto those pictures a couple of days ago when they were first uploaded to Flickr. He had me confused for a moment. I started wondering if the MTA had put in some kind of public restroom at the DeKalb stop complete with bathtub. It's a neat effect, certainly less crazy than the Trekkie who made his entire apartment look like the inside of a starship.

rdc

My gut reaction was "that's disgusting" but when I rationalize for a bit, it's pretty cool.

Outter Burrougher

i really like this, very cool.

babyhitler

Well, the subway is a bathroom. I know cause I'm always trying to whiz on the third rail.

Jen Chung

This is really amazing, but he also needs some dirty newspapers, discarded Metrocards, and maybe some rats scurrying around. Oh, and the plumbing should break down (track signals, you know) every so often.

Rocknrope

Feh, until you throw an actual homeless bum in there to crap on the shower drain and stomp it through the drainholes, I remain unimpressed.