46th Street Station Public Art

Each station along the METRO Blue Line not only has public art but each architectural design team included an artist. This station was designed by:

Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle, architects
Karen Wirth, architectural design team artist

The sloped roof form, colors, materials and art images reflect the neighborhoods and the market heritage of Hiawatha Avenue.

46th Street Station Art

Untitled (turtles and waves) by Cliff Garten 

A brown bronze representation of water on the soffit runs much of the length of the station and ends in a bright blue turtle with a pine tree etched on its back. This happens at both platforms on each side of the tracks.

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46th Street Station

3D by JoAnn Verburg

Eight skylights of colored glass in the four canopies of the platforms.  

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46th Street Station Art

Small Kindnesses: Weather Permitting; Please turn the wheel #13, Open the curtain please #25 and Thanks a million #31 by Janet Zweig

Interactive stainless steel boxes with audio and video stories about “weather” and “courtesy.”  

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46th Street Station Art