I'm a fan the subways. Where else can you find a display of the variety we humans are capable of? I mean---in the subways you really do see everything! Every fashion, action, reaction, you name -- you see it. This is why, if I have to go somewhere, I prefer to take the subway, rather than drive a car--heck even the public bus, offers a great sampling of humanity, if you are into people watching.
But at other times, I also like to take the subway, for the different decorations you can see on the subway station, on the platforms, to make waiting for the train a bit more pleasant. Here you have both elevated train stations that soar above the streets, or underground ones. And each have their particular charms and decorations.
One of my favorites is the subway station that is on the 8th Avenue line, in Manhattan. If you take either the A, C, or E trains to the 14th Street station you will see this really interesting collection of small bronze miniature people, about 5 to 6 inches in height, doing all sorts of wacky things.
You'll see them crawling under the subway iron gates, sitting on a stairways railing, trying to use very odd-looking public phones, and other poses all around. It really is all quite amusing. When I go there it's like playing a game of hide and seek, to see how many I can spot on the platforms and also even on the street --on the entrance that lead to the underground station.
When I had relatives visit recently, we went around just taking photos of these quirky little creations. It gives the whole station a surreal aspect, which --to me, at least -- make it worthy of being placed on the list of things you just have to see, when you visit here.
