Large, dark wood doors are flanked by windows covered in black and white photographic murals lit by giant film-set style lights.
David Guinn's hidden street mural lights up a 'black sheep' of a street in Philly.
And the restaurant's vast assemblage of candelabras, samovars, weather vanes, sculptures, murals, prints, lighting fixtures, topiaries and other eccentric assets is to go on the auction block in a three-day sale at the restaurant by Guernsey's auction house, scheduled to begin Jan . 13
He was in the advance guard of visitors, touring the large assemblage of candelabras, samovars, weather vanes, sculptures, murals, prints, lighting fixtures, silver and china place settings and other eccentric assets of the sprawling restaurant, which was padlocked early on New Year's Day.
Many display whimsical public art like tile murals, light projections, mannequins suspended from ceilings and, at Chinatown station, a granite I Ching dial inlaid in the ground at the station's entrance.
Mamma Assunta Ristorante 20 Columbus Avenue Tuckahoe (914) 961-8142 www.mammaassuntaristorante.com GOOD THE SPACE Old-school Italian-American look with murals and subdued lighting.
The trains are clean and quiet and the stations spectacularly decorated, with tile murals at one stop and lighting that mimics a stage set at another.
With its colorful murals, flattering lighting and dressed-up waiters boning ducks and filleting fish, La Caravelle's dining room is an oasis, or at least a welcome respite from the sweatsuits and tank tops that seem to dominate contemporary life.
One end of the spectrum is represented by Florence de Dampierre's transformation of a traditional salon living room into an otherworldly universe with floral wall murals and lighting that seems to offer eternal daylight.
As a result of those, he was given permission to re-do the space, transforming it with new lighting arrangements, trompe-l'oeil murals and mock-heroic portraits.
