A new entrance to the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Terminal at Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn will open officially next week after six years of construction and an article in today's edition of The Brooklyn Paper indicates that it will be very dramatic in interesting.
It is highlighted by a rough-hewn granite sculpture with craggy geometric shapes designed for the city's "Arts for Transit Program" by Allan and Ellen Wexler.
In recent years, the program has commissioned many artists to create many wonderful and whimsical designs for many transit stations.
Mr. Wexler told The Brooklyn Paper that "it's a cross between mathematics and nature," adding "I don't want it to be clear where the architecture ends and the sculpture begins."
The facility has a large skylight above the sculpture.
The new entrance was been designed by di Domenico and Partners.
The photograph at the right appeared in The Brooklyn Paper.
It is highlighted by a rough-hewn granite sculpture with craggy geometric shapes designed for the city's "Arts for Transit Program" by Allan and Ellen Wexler.
In recent years, the program has commissioned many artists to create many wonderful and whimsical designs for many transit stations.
Mr. Wexler told The Brooklyn Paper that "it's a cross between mathematics and nature," adding "I don't want it to be clear where the architecture ends and the sculpture begins."
The facility has a large skylight above the sculpture.
The new entrance was been designed by di Domenico and Partners.
The photograph at the right appeared in The Brooklyn Paper.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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