NY MTA will remake Confederate flags tiles in Times Square station
By Danielle Furfaro
August 17, 2017 | 7:03pm
... The Post found in 2015 that the designs of rectangular squares with blue crosses on a red background have been a part of the Times Square station décor for more than than 90 years.
They honor the late New York Times head Adolph S. Ochs, a Southerner who was buried with a Confederate flag.
The MTA — which refused to say if their action to finally remove the tiles is linked to the events in Charlottesville – has consistently disputed that the mosaics are actually Confederate Flags ...
“These are not confederate flags, it is a design based on geometric forms that represent the ‘Crossroads of the World’ and to avoid absolutely any confusion we will modify them to make that absolutely crystal clear,” said agency spokesman Kevin Ortiz ...
http://nypost.com/2017/08/17/mta-will-remake-tiles-that-look-like-confederate-flags-in-station/
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Note that this is the NY Post. One would expect to see it in the NY Times' coverage of their city, but a quick google turned up nothing.
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A tabloid the National Enquirer actually makes look wholesome in comparison.
