SOLD OUT Tour: Art and Architecture of the Subway

Sponsored by the Municipal Art Society. Reservations required ($20; $15 MAS members). To register, call 212-935-3960, or click here to register on-line.

From the beginning, the people who planned the subway’s construction considered it, in words actually written into the contract, a “great public work” worthy of attractive design. On this tour, we will ride the rails from the Battery to Midtown, and consider the three major phases of subway design: the original 1904 IRT, the Dual Contracts extensions of the ‘teens and the modernistic Independent Line that opened in 1932, with a peek at a ’70s redesign by Philip Johnson. Don’t miss the tour that CBS News called one of the five best art walks in New York! Note: You will need to bring a MetroCard worth at least three fares.