Since the inception of the Arts For Transit program in 1985, the authority has dispensed about $350,000 for subway art projects.

The station features two sets of artwork under the Art in Transit programme.

It was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority through its Arts for Transit program.

The river will be the theme of a sculpture commissioned by the M.T.A. Arts for Transit program.

Things have improved underground, thanks to new subway cars and the wonderful work of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program.

On a civic level I had long admired the generosity behind the authority's Arts for Transit program.

Since the founding of the Arts for Transit program 19 years ago, 135 art projects have been commissioned and installed, with 90 more in the works.

It is the setting for what may be the most important work in the Arts for Transit program, a 53-foot-long mural by Roy Lichtenstein.

In place of advertising, the platforms are lined with 40 ceramic tiles, installed five years ago under auspices of the city's Arts for Transit program.

Sandra Bloodworth, head of the transportation agency's Art for Transit program, says there is no money to restore the 1980 piece, or even remove the lights.