For the restoration of the Whitehall St subway station, Frank Giorgioni designed elements in ceramic, stone and metal to blend with the historic fabric of the station, such as the original bands of mosaic tile work. The cityscape begins at the entrance of the station with a view of the city today and then travel backward through time, through the age of steamships, a montage of New Amsterdam, the arrival of the first settlers, and finally the era before European settlement, with Native American canoes and a marshland of flora and fauna. In another area, schools of fish are seen, in both two- and three-dimensional form, accompanying a mosaic of sea and sky. Railings in the area are in the form of cattails, capping Giorgioni's homage to the past. 

Artist, educator, and designer Frank Giorgini (1947-2022) is known for his handmade tile mosaics and modern ceramic 'Udu' drums. Giorgini's tile work often features flora, fauna, humans, or architecture with low relief detailing. As a master ceramicist and tile maker, Giorgini’s glazing techniques vary widely from plain bisque fires to raku, to brightly modern pigments. His tile compositions range in sizes from individual hand-held works to complete wall installations. In addition to his work in tile, Giorgini is credited for co-designing the modern Udu drum in collaboration with Abbas M. Ahuan, a fellow potter and educator. Based in upstate New York, Giorgini has a prodigious ceramics practice, leading his studio Udu in continuing to produce tiles, ceramic percussion instruments, and other clay arts.