#secondavesubway

With National Nurses Day today and National Tourism Day tomorrow we take you to Second Avenue-72nd Street (Q) where both are represented in Vik Muniz’s “Perfect Strangers” (2017). On the New York city subway you can encounter nurses and tourists among the many interesting people!

Sorry Harlem and Upper East Siders! The next phase of the Second Avenue Subway won’t be done until 2029! This is according to a new report on phase II of the project, which would extend from 96th to 125th street and, is only if works starts on time, next year. The line was originally proposed in 1919 and would stretch all the way to Hanover Square in #FiDi if ever completed. At this speed, we will never see the line completed in our lifetimes. 😪 #secondavesubway #mta #subway #transit #numtot #harlem #uppereastside #nyc #manhattan #midtown #nycphotographer #urbanism #nycurbanism (at 96th Street (Second Avenue Subway))

Image: Vik Muniz, “Perfect Strangers”, 2017, at Second Avenue - 72nd Street. 

Is this what clean subway tracks are supposed to look like?? How long until they look like the rest of the system?? #secondavesubway #secondavenuesubway (at 96th Street (Second Avenue Subway))

Long a pipe dream of false starts, the second avenue subway has finally opened! We're more hopeful than ever we'll see the next three phases within our lifetimes! For the first #MapMonday of the New Year we will look at the next three phases of construction. Phase 2: 125th Street to 105th Street, utilizing an existing subway tunnel section from 110th – 120th Streets. Phase 3: 72nd Street to Houston Street; subway service will continue to be provided by the Q train from 125th Street to West Midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn via the Broadway Line, in addition to a new T train from 125th Street to Houston Street and 2nd Ave. Phase 4: Houston Street to Hanover Square; via a southward extension of the T train to the Hanover Square station in Lower Manhattan. Image: MTA #secondavesubway #secondavenuesubway #mapmondays (at 96th Street (Second Avenue Subway))

#secondavenuesubway #secondavesubway #secondave (at 86th Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BQD8fJJFn04/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

If you find yourself in Philadelphia this weekend, on Saturday at 2 pm, Second Avenue Subway artist Jean Shin will be discussing her creative process and her work in her major solo exhibition “Jean Shin: Collections” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  

Never had the chance to see any of the Second Avenue Subway stations until tonight. 72nd Street is super nice! #secondavenuesubway #secondavesubway #mta (at 72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway))