2018 Exhibit: Metro Portfolio

Sixteen-Year Retrospective of Architecture of Metro Stations of Ten Cities

This page and links include images from Brussels, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark NJ, Seattle, Stockholm and Washington DC metros. All photographs taken with film in 2001-2017.

		*New York City.* Subway portal at Grand Central Station.
		*New York City II.* Interline junction.
		*New York City III.* Interline junction.
		*London.* Arnos Grove Station. The vestibule is situated above ground. The station was completed in 1932.
		*London II.* Notting Hill Gate Station. Among the earliest below-grade stations, opened in 1868.
		*London III.* Westminster Station addition on the new Jubilee Line.
		*London IV.* Gants Hill Station. A classic of Underground architecture, the station was completed in 1947. The hall served as a bomb shelter while the station was under construction during World War II.
		*London V.* Mural at Charing Cross Station.
		*Los Angeles.* Hollywood/Highland Station.
		*Los Angeles II.* Pershing Square Station.
		*Los Angeles III.* North Hollywood Station.
		*Los Angeles IV.* Vermont/Beverly Station.
		*Los Angeles V.* Civic Center Station.
		*Los Angeles VI.* Vermont / Sunset Station.
		*Washington DC.* Dupont Circle Station.
		*Washington DC II.* L’Enfant Plaza Station. Clean, unabashed functionality in dynamic vaulted space. Constructed in the 1970s, the design of this central station exemplifies the thematic motif of the metro as planned from inception.
		*Washington DC III.* Farragut West Station.
		*Washington DC IV.* Escalator, Dupont Circle Station.
		*Seattle.* Descent to University Station. In March 2016, Seattle opened its first metro line, an extension of light rail three miles undergroun north from downtown to Capitol Hill and the University of Washington.
		*Seattle II.* University Station. Deep underground and austere, passage from street level to the platform takes 4-5 minutes via two lengthy escalators.
		*Seattle III.* Pioneer Square Station accommodates the light rail together with electric bus and trolleybus lines in the mile-long Downtown Transit Tunnel.
		*Seattle IV.* Native American motifs at Pioneer Square Station.
		*Seattle V.* Westlake Station.
		Stockholm. Vreten Station.
		Stockholm II. Kungstradgarden Station.
		*Buenos Aires.* Peru Station. Among the earliest metros in the world, the first line of the Buenos Aires metro opened in 1913.
		*Buenos Aires II.* Departing Peru Station.
		*Buenos Aires III.* Vintage La Brugeoise subway car. These trains of wooden-body construction served a century until 2013 on the Buenos Aires metro.
		*Buenos Aires IV.* General Belgrano station.
		*Buenos Aires V.* Metro mural: Spanish explorers.
		*Buenos Aires VI.* Metro mural: Labor and industry supporting the nation.
		*Buenos Aires VII.* Metro mural: Jujuy province.
		Lisbon. Chelas Station.
		Lisbon II. Baixa-Chiado Station.
		Lisbon III. Saldana Station.
		Lisbon IV. Mezzanine, Olaias Station.
		Lisbon V. Olaias Station.
		Lisbon VI. Ascent from platform, Olaias Station.
		Lisbon VII. Parque Station.
		Lisbon VIII. Statuary, Campo Pequeno Station.
		Lisbon IX. Pontinha Station.
		Lisbon X. Alameda Station.
		Lisbon XI. Intendente Station. Classically functional metro architecture of the 1960s.
		Lisbon XII. Picoas Station.
		Lisbon XIII. Picoas Station (2).
		Brussels. Central Station. Not a night scene; the structure is underground with black ceiling.
		Brussels II. Aumale Station.
		Brussels III. Tomberg Station.
		Brussels IV. Stuyvenbergh Station.
		Brussels V. Stockel Station. The mural illustrates the 140 characters of the Adventures of Tintin comic strip.
		Brussels VI. Herrmann-Debroux Station.
		Brussels VII. Hankar Station.