Most of the subway stations in NYC have artwork or design features that are unique to the neighborhood they are in or to the main attraction that the stop serves. My subway station at 110th St. and Lexington Ave in Spanish Harlem has a series of mosaics by Manuel Vega (a name you will definitely read about again in future posts regarding public art in SpaHa) entitled Un Sabado en la Ciento Diez (A Saturday on 110th). This station opened in 1918. Mr. Vega's contribution came in 1996.
"There is a rose in Spanish Harlem/ A red rose up in Spanish Harlem/ With eyes as black as coal that look down in my soul/ And starts a fire there and then I lose control/ I have to beg your pardon/ I'm going to pick that rose and watch her as she grows in my garden" --Ben E. King, Spanish Harlem
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