New York City Arteries Premium Beanies

NYC Subway map/human heart; transforming boroughs into chambers & train lines into veins & arteries. The city’s infrastructure becomes its anatomy, illustrating how the subway functions as New York’s lifeblood; pumping people, ideas, labor, & dreams through every corner of the city.

This piece reflects PJ O’Rourke’s deep personal connection to the subway & the MTA, where years of movement, creation, & survival shaped both the artist & the work. What’s usually seen as a map becomes something intimate & vital; a heartbeat you can feel if you’ve ever lived below street level.

The beanie itself is built for daily wear & real winters. Made from 100% recycled polyester, the ribbed knit offers warmth, durability, & structure while giving discarded plastic bottles a second life; mirroring the city’s constant cycle of reuse & reinvention.

Worn in February at the 34th St-Penn Station stop, it feels exactly right; cold air rushing through tunnels, platforms buzzing with motion, & the city pushing forward no matter the temperature. Functional, symbolic, & deeply New York; this is infrastructure you wear.

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