Ninth Avenue
September 25th, 2016
Tag: urban architecture
Dead end
Quite literally
Sutton Pl. & 59th St.
September 17th, 2016
Saturated
One of The City’s many facets – vibrant, almost technicolor, always dramatic. No color-correction at all, I actually had to tone it down a bit, to make seem more ”real”.
8:10pm
1st Ave & 58th str.
September 3rd, 2016
Roof Terraces & Water Towers
My fascination with Manhattan’s roof terraces is equal to my admiration of its water towers. There is something incredibly beautiful, nostalgic and lyrical about these round wooden fixtures, I find particularly attractive.
September 10th, 2016
The Standard
7:16pm
Built in 2009 around The High Line, the hotel offers unobstructed views of the City, Hudson river, people visiting restrooms and, scandalously, hot amorous couples showing off through the floor-to-ceiling windows in their rooms, turning unsuspecting passersby into unintended peeping toms.
From where I stand it’s too far to see – or is it?
May be if I waited for the lights to be turned on…
8:45pm
By the way, remember that incident when Solange Knowles lost it and attacked Jay Z in an elevator? That’s were it happened. Fame and Notoriety make good partners, I think as I gaze at life going on behind the windows.
September 7th, 2016
The Ugly Giant
Arrived in December 2015 to rival the Gehry skyscraper – in height but not in beauty. 432 Park Avenue is seen by many as an eyesore; its super tall, super thin square shape appears like rising out of nowhere and bears no relation to neighouring buildings. When the weather is low the top floors are lost in the clouds giving literal meaning to the tallest residential building in the world.
Here in b&w because even eyesores look good in it.
November 18th, 2016
The Jenga Building
Church Street, Tribeca
September 5th, 2016
Glowing
Time travel to a ”top hat, white tie and tails” era: the Chrysler Building glowing in the dark.
August 30th, 2016
Behind the facade
Harmonious lines, soft palette in ochre and blue, a visual delight; it could have been a cubist painting. Solid yet airy, playful urban architecture. Hanging cables letting a fleeting glimpse behind the facade. In a little while it will be masked, its beauty lost to ignorant passersby forever.
57th Street, between 11th & 12th Avenues, walking towards Hudson River Greenway.
August 29th, 2016
The Humble Fabulist 