As if ripped from the draft of a lost National Treasure sequel, Times Square Station has a number of fake subway tiles that hide a more sinister design. In August 2017, in the wake of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, New York City had a reckoning with the Confederate memorials scattered across the city. These vinyl stickers printed with a mosaic design were slapped onto the walls of Times Square Station to cover actual tile designs that closely resembled the Confederate flag. These original Arts and Crafts influenced designs were created…
