Park Avenue Buildings
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
New York City. I walked from Grand Central Station (42nd St.) up Park Ave. toward 54th St. and I was in a canyon of spectacular glass boxes which were doing amazing things with the diminishing light as the sun set. I realize that each of these buildings is a complex "machine" and a container for businesses and dozens of office cultures, but, it’s fun to reduce their facades to textures and just think of them as a varied grid to reflect each other and the sky.
Two glass boxes on Park Avenue near 54th St. The different glazing on these buildings coupled with the angle of the building facades relative to the setting sun makes for interesting reflections.
This is an eastern exposure on Park Avenue as the sun set to the west (behind these buildings. The light on these buildings is partially reflected from the glass towers across the street.
Great pics Richard and nice to chat earlier. Many thanks for your advice and knowledge with my poorly PowerMac!
We stayed on Park Avenue, at 38th street so you would have walked right past our hotel!
Jon: Uh, I started at 42nd and went uptown… Unless your hotel was in a different reality, I think it was the other direction. However, I have also walked Park south of 42nd so I’ll get I did then. Glad you like the pics and of course, always great to chat with a Brit who’s also a serious Mac dude. If you run into more problems with the G5 give me a ping, glad to attempt to help out.
The top two shots are really excellent.