DeKalb Improvisation, 2001-2004
North Mezzanine, DeKalb Avenue Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY.
This is the subway destination for Long Island University and the Kumble Theatre for the Performing Arts, BRIC Studio, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and Junior’s Diner, home of the world’s most famous cheesecakes and desserts.
Glass mosaics
5 feet 10 inches x 18 feet 7 inches (177.8 x 566.4) King and Queen - 30 ½ x 30 ½ each (77.5 x 77.5 cm)
Concept Summary: The “Mighty Wurlitzer Organ,” now housed above ground in the basketball court of Long Island University, formerly the world renowned Paramount Theatre which opened in 1928, is the central motif of this collage which celebrates this vibrant Downtown neighborhoods musical heritage.
The King and Queen motifs symbolize the final destinations of the subway – Kings County and Queens County.
Fabrication of mosaics by Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc.
