Squire J. Vickers
Squire Joseph Vickers (1872–1947) was an "underground Renaissance man", according to The New York Times. He was a chief architect of the New York City Subway system. Vickers began work in the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1906, as a young architect, and worked for 36 years, until 1942.
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Squire J. Vickers

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- 1872
- Died
- 1947
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- United States
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- architect · artist
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Squire Joseph Vickers (1872–1947) was an "underground Renaissance man", according to The New York Times. He was a chief architect of the New York City Subway system. Vickers began work in the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1906, as a young architect, and worked for 36 years, until 1942.
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A 2007 show organized by the New York Transit Museum described how he was responsible for more than 300 New York City Subway stations, the most of any architect. He was the system's lead designer for almost 30 years. Vickers was also an accomplished painter.
His works include several New York City Subway stations on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In Manhattan: • 181st Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line), Fort Washington Avenue between 185th and 181st Streets; Eighth far north • 190th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line), under Fort Washington Avenue between Fort Tryon Park (Cabrini Boulevard) and W. 190th Street; Eighth far north • 86th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), under Lexington Avenue, between 85th and 87th Streets; Lexington • 28th Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), Seventh Avenue between 26th and 29th Streets; Broadway-Seventh south local • West Fourth Street–Washington Square station (IND Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue Lines), under Sixth Avenue between W. 3rd Street and Waverly Place; West 4th • Chambers Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), under West Broadway between Warren, Chambers and Reade Streets; Broadway-Seventh south • Times Square-42nd Street station, (intersection of 42nd Street, Seventh Avenue and Broadway); Vickers installed at least two Confederate Flags in the tile here In Brooklyn: • Ninth Avenue station (BMT West End Line), 38th Street and Ninth Avenue near the junction of New Utrecht Avenue; West End • Avenue U station (BMT Sea Beach Line), between Avenue U and Avenue T and Seventh and Eighth Streets; Sea Beach • Bay Parkway station (BMT West End Line), above Bay Parkway at 86th Street; West End • New Utrecht Avenue station (BMT Sea Beach Line), beneath the junction of New Utrecht Avenue with 15th Avenue and 62nd Street; Sea Beach • Ocean Parkway station (BMT Brighton Line), above the junction of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway; Brighton south • Wilson Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line), Chauncey Street at Wilson Avenue; Canarsie In the Bronx: • Pelham Parkway station (IRT White Plains Road Line), junction of White Plains Road and Pelham Parkway; White Plains north local • Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue station (IRT Pelham Line), above Westchester Avenue, from Overing Street to Ferris Place; Pelham north local • Woodlawn station (IRT Jerome Avenue Line), junction of Bainbridge Avenue and Jerome Avenue; Jerome In Queens: • Court Square station (IRT Flushing Line), above 23rd Street between 44th Drive and 45th Road, Long Island City; Flushing • Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line), near junction of Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street, Flushing; Flushing

A Dual Contracts mosaic at the south end of the Uptown platform of the 8th Street–New York University BMT Broadway station, under Broadway and Waverly Place in Greenwich Village / NoHo, Manhattan. Note the design connecting the mosaic with the border trim.
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A Dual Contracts mosaic on the Uptown platform of the 8th Street–New York University BMT Broadway station, under Broadway and Astor Place in Greenwich Village / NoHo, Manhattan. Note the design connecting the mosaic with the border trim.
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1872
Squire J. Vickers was born on 1 January 1872.
1947
Squire J. Vickers died on 1 January 1947.
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