Few
station names carry the weight of these two words. Wall Street is
simultaneously a street, a neighborhood, a financial district, and
around the world, shorthand for American finance itself.
This
Wall Street station sits beneath Wall and William Streets on the IRT
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Opened in 1918, it is served
today by the 2 & 3 trains, identified by their iconic red
route bullets.
There
are actually two separate subway stations named Wall Street in Lower
Manhattan. This is the 2/3 Wall Street; the other, beneath
Broadway, serves the 4 and 5 trains with their green route
bullets. Two stations, two lines, two distinct identities sharing one
of the most recognizable names in New York City.
Re-imagined
in recycled computer keys, the piece creates an interesting
contradiction: Wall Street—a global symbol of
value—constructed from discarded technology that had essentially
lost its value.
There is a word search spelled out with the computer keys hidden throughout the artwork.
Word
search
Wall
Street
William Street
Financial District
New York
Stock Exchange
Federal Hall
Trinity Church
Broad
Street
Broadway
Exchange Place
Bowling Green
Hanover
Square
Buttonwood
New Amsterdam
Clark Street
Fulton
Street
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