Walking Tour: Public Art in the Bronx
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walking tour: public art in the bronx Grand Concourse/149th Street-3rd Avenue Hub Bronx County Court Building: • Adolph A. Weinman, Eight Statuary Groups • James Monroe Hewlett, History of the Bronx Bronx Housing Court East • Charles Keck, Bronx County Building Frieze 166t h St reet Bronx Yankee Stadium Museum Bronx General Post Office: Station of the Arts 4 • Ben Shahn with Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Resources of B Bronx Family Court D Criminal Court America Yankee Stadium • Charles Rudy Noah; and Henry Kreis, The Letter Eas t 16 Bronx County 1st Str Court Building eet Lincoln Hospital: e u • Abram Champanier, Alice in Wonderland at NYC n e v enue A r Av e • Alexandra Kasuba, Untitled e v i s R r u ridian e o nu c e She v n k A o ar Hostos Community College: C P d n a r • Augustin M. Andino, The Unification of the Americas G • Howard McCalebb, Untitled • Faith Ringgold, Eugenio Maria de Hostos: The Man, His Life and His Dream e u Bronx Family Court/Criminal Court Buildings: n e v e A rs n u o o • Charles Alston, Equal Justice Under the Law t l c a n W o • Charles Alston, The Family C d n a r G Bronx Housing Court: 4 2 W Eas est t 150 149th th Stre (Eu Stree et • Vitaly Komar & Alexander Melamid, Liberty as Justice genio t Hostos Maria de Ho Community stos B oule 5 2 • Vitaly Komar & Alexander Melamid, Justice College Lincoln Hospital vard) • Jorge Tacla, Memories of the Bronx 149th Steet 3rd Avenue Station e nu 149th Street-3rd Avenue Station: Ave ird • José Ortega, Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo Th Yankee Stadium Station-161st Street: • Vito Acconci, Wall-Slide • Helene Brandt, Room of Tranquility continued walking tour: public art in the bronx Grand Concourse/149th Street-3rd Avenue Hub Getting there: Note: These sites are located in two contiguous areas and have been divided into two map areas. They are most easily reached by taking the subway. By CAR: Take the Major Deegan Expressway to the 149th Street exit (4). Travel east to the Grand Concourse. Drive north along the Grand Concourse. The 149th Street/Third Avenue Hub four blocks east of the Concourse at 149th Street. By TRAIN: For Bronx County Court Building, Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Bronx Housing Court and Bronx Family Court/Criminal Court and Yankee Stadium Station: Take the #4 train to 161st Street station. Walk two blocks east to the Grand Concourse. For Hostos Community College and the Bronx General Post Office: Take the #4 to 149th Street-Grand Concourse station. For Lincoln Hospital and the149th Street/3rd Avenue Station: Take the #2 or #4 to 149th Street-Grand Concourse station. Walk east to third Avenue. From left to right: Adolph A. Weinman, Bronx County Court Building; Faith Ringgoldl, Hostos Community College; José Ortega, 149th Street-3rd Avenue Station; Vitaly Komar & Alexander Melamid, Bronx Housing Court; Howard McCalebb, Hostos Community College; Ben Shahn with Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Bronx General Post Office; Abram Champanier, Lincoln Hospital; Vito Acconci, Yankee Stadium Station-161st Street For additional information: Bronx Tourism Council (718) 590-3518.