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59th Street-Columbus Circle
(IRT West Side)

Columbus decoration in station

Heins & LaFarge
1904

Description

The side walls of the station 59th Street/Columbus Circle feature large name tablet mosaics and both mosaic and faience plaques of Christopher Columbus's three ships.

Annotation

The station was opened 27 October 1904.

Sculptor

Heins & LaFarge
- Atlantic Terra Cotta Co.
- Grueby Faience Company

Sources & Information

Information and photos, www.nycsubway.org (photos by Robbie Rosenfeld, 2005).

Locatie (N 40°46'6" - W 73°58'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usny27; Added: 22 October 2006

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