Since at least June of last year, the southern half of the 96 Street station on the (1), (2), and (3) lines sported new white walls tiles, with empty spaces left for the name tablets.
I noticed this morning that the empty spaces have finally been filled in (along the east wall only) – and the new name tablets look like nothing else I’ve seen in the subway system. There is also a new tile band across the lower portion of the wall.
The clean are around the 96 really shows the rest of the grime ):