Friday, July 4, 2008























Well my travels today only consist of four stops on the B Line due to a tight schedule. I cover Dekalb Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, 7th Avenue and Prospect Park. Dekalb Avenue possessed glass mosaic art by Stephen T. Johnson called the DeKalb Improvisation. As you will see with the pictures I post the artwork is very bright and beautiful and lights up the whole station. The artwork takes up the whole wall past the turnstiles. The next stop and one of my favorites is Atlantic Avenue. I have been there quite a few times aside from this project and always liked this station. Long Island Rail Road runs out of this station as well so it is a large station. I took some pictures of that area as well. The artwork in this station is a lot of the architecture and this rock sculpture that extends up and down the stairway. The rock sculpture is by George Trakas and is called Sinker (Mined Swell). The type of rock he used is granite. Now onto 7th Avenue which out of all the stations that I covered today this one was a bit boring. Nothing too exciting here. But then onto one of my favorite stations, Prospect Park. This station as you will see is like a station in the middle of the woods or something to that effect. It is outdoors of course and as you exit the station to your left is Prospect Park. I have never been to Prospect Park and believe that it is the Central Park of Brooklyn. I walked in just for a few minutes and caught children playing at the playground. It was nice to see that they didn't have a care in the world and just lived by the moment. Awww to be a kid again :) Anyway, this adventure today has been one of my favorite batches of stops so far.

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