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Most pre-1955 IND stations have tile plaques with the station name, as well as a colored stripe with black borders, on the platforms or track walls. Tile plaques only exist in stations where there is a wall next to the platform. The number of tiles between the stripes are 2 tiles for local stations and three for express/transfer stations.
This decorative design is extended to the fare control areas adjacent to the original portions of the station. White-on-blue tile plaques with the words "Wall Street" and floral motifs are also placed on the walls. [3]: 5–6 [4]: 7 The platform extensions contain similar decorative elements. [3]: 5 The ceilings contain plaster molding.
[13]: 5–6 These plaques and tablets were in the original design, [13]: 5–6 [153] but they had been concealed behind a wall of beige tiles by the late 20th century. [153] The walls adjacent to the tracks are decorated with modern white tiles, surrounded near the top and bottom by red tile bands.
Both platforms have a purple tile band with a black border and mosaic name tablets reading "46TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a black background and purple border. Small tile captions reading "46TH ST" in white on black run below the tile band, and directional signs in the same style are present under some of the name tablets.
Since that renovation, the station walls have consisted of white cinderblock tiles, except for small recesses in the walls, which contain yellow-painted cinderblock tiles. The yellow cinderblock field contains the station-name signs and black text pointing to the exits.
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