| Utica Buffalo Metro Rail station |
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| Address | 1391 Main St (at East Utica St) Buffalo, New York[1] |
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| Structure | Underground (depth, appr. 40ft.)[2] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Paid fare | ||||||||||
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Utica Station is a Buffalo Metro Rail station, located on Main Street at East Utica Street in the city of Buffalo.
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In 1979, an art selection committee was created, composed of NFTA commissioners and Buffalo area art experts, that would judge the artwork that would be displayed in and on the properties of eight stations on the Metro Rail line.
Out of the seventy proposals submitted, twenty-two were chosen and are currently positioned inside and outside of the eight underground stations.[3]
Utica Station is home of three pieces of work, from Margie Hughto (Syracuse), George Smith (Houston), and Craig Langager (New York City).
Margie Hughto offers a heavily glazed clay painting covering the interior wall of the concourse level and then descending to the lower level.[4]
George Smith offers a large stainless steel sculpture based on the art and architecture of the Dogon people of Africa. When passing the sculpture, it appears to be in motion.[4]
The work of Craig Langager is very easy to recognize on the platforms at train level. His four figures, "the Listener" (with birds), "the Portrait Maker" (holding a mirror), "the Stagehand" (with weights and mask), and "the Choreographer-Seneca Man" (animal persona) are metal figures, are paired on either platform.[4]