As New Yorkers, We are handed down all the layers of physical infrastructure Built by previous generations of city-dwellers. One such common inheritance is the subway system belonging to both no one and everyone.
This liminal status informs our perception, That the subway is something to be passed through, skipped over, a means to an end. Rarely allowing for a chance to pause.
But in a system and city that belongs to us all, Arises a growing need for a new type of reflection. A dignified, visible procession of mortality woven into the everyday, Where the frenetic energy of the city collides with moments of stillness As an urgent reminder that we are all mortal.
Bryant Park Station – a key civic core, Poses an opportunity to transform the passage to the underground not merely as a transition from street to subway, But as a flow that induces a shared remembrance of life’s interdependence, simultaneity, and impermanence.
