Wall-Slide

2002 161st Street–Yankee Stadium (B, D, 4) New York City Transit

Vito Acconci’s commission turns the 161 St - Yankee Stadium station into an archaeological site and dislocates walls allowing the curious to "see" the stone and steel underneath. Elsewhere, protruding and receding walls provide seating for waiting travelers. Parts of the project thrust through floors and ceilings and at one point even projects aboveground. The overall effect is as if the station has been pushed and pulled in various directions to accentuate the relationship of the building to the earth into which it has been inserted.

This project was one of the first collaborative efforts undertaken by MTA Arts & Design. The architects, di Domenico Partners, in their redesign of the station, were challenged to open the lower levels to allow light to flow inside.