Peek the Second Avenue Subway’s Public Art, Morbid Anatomy Museum Shutters

Take a first look at the public art of the soon-to-be-finished Second Avenue subway line.

NEW YORK - APRIL 12: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers look at proposed designs for a completed subway platform in an underground tunnel for the long-proposed 2nd Avenue subway line April 12, 2007 in New York City. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the line, one of numerous since the project was first proposed 80 years ago. The first phase of the line is scheduled to be completed in 2013, running from 96th Street to 63rd Street at a cost of $3.8 billion. Upon completion, line would add 8.5 miles of tracks and carry five million riders on weekdays in four of New York City's five boroughs.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers look at proposed designs for a completed Second Avenue subway platform. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Times’ Randy Kennedy takes a first look at the public art of the soon-to-be-finished (fingers crossed) Second Avenue subway line. (New York Times)

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Peek the Second Avenue Subway’s Public Art, Morbid Anatomy Museum Shutters