Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum Arts for Transit Collaborative
New York City Architectural Artifacts from the Collection of the
Brooklyn Museum, 2004 Terra cotta artifacts and glass mosaic on
mezzanine and stairway walls The Brooklyn Museum has long served
as a repository for ornamental architectural forms salvaged from
significant buildings that were being demolished. Seventy-eight
of these artifacts are installed in the Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn
Museum subway station, enriching the environment and creating an
introduction to the museum above. Among these are plaques,
lunettes, keystones, and other decorative elements that
represent the city's architectural heritage. The project is a
successful example of institutional collaboration. The Brooklyn
Museum, working with MTA Arts for Transit and Vel Riberto
Consulting, selected the artifacts and donated them to the
project. New mosaic designs were added, to frame the objects and
to make connections with the architecture of the station. -
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