Artwork: "Empress Voyage 2/27/1784" (Bing Lee)
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Artwork: "Empress Voyage 2/27/1784" (Bing Lee)

Location: Canal Street (BMT Broadway Line)
Installation Year: 1998
Notes:

Ceramic tile murals and mosaic frieze. "Empress Voyage 2/27/1784" celebrates the arrival of the first ship from China to bring merchandise to New York. The motifs in the individual ceramic panels are stylized interpretations of Chinese merchandise popular in colonial New York -- tea pots, teak stools, etc. (Thanks to Harry Matthews.)


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 8/19/2007
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 3982


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Branch)
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 3/7/2007
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Notes: Wall tile design on N and Q platform.
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 3989


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Branch)
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 9/30/2006
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 3785


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/10/2005
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 6063


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/1/2005
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 4513


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/1/2005
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 4398


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Branch)
Photo by: Peggy Darlington
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 6380


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Line
Location: Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Branch)
Photo by: Peggy Darlington
Artwork: Empress Voyage 2/27/1784, Bing Lee, 1998
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 5586

   



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