IND "B" and "D" Train Lines
Tremont Avenue station at the Grand Concourse

Frank Leslie Hampton
Uptown New York, 2000
glass, stone and marble mosaic
Mezzanine wall
MTA Arts for Transit
 

The viewer is invited to take a glimpse of the New York City of Hampton's childhood. Based on an actual rooftop vantage-point, one can see the vibrant community with laundry lines blowing in the wind, fire escapes with potted plants, and a distant cityscape with a blue sky in the background.

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Photo by Patrick Cashin, courtesy of the MTA