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| Tenth avenue at West 17th street in Manhattan, looking north, taken from the High Line. Although I didn't bring my tripod, I managed to get a long exposure shot. |
nyc: tenth
nyc: looking west
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| New Yorkers tend not to know what's beyond Manhattan, especially in the West (Brooklyn is East, right? :) They do know there's New Jersey and, eventually, California, though what's between the two is pretty much unknown. Here is my favorite Steinberg's drawing that nicely visualizes how they see beyond Manhattan. Taken from the High Line on a warm, September evening last year. |
nyc: the exhibitionist
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| The Standard hotel New York overlooks the High Line park literally (it's standing over the elevated park). Due to it's huge, non reflective glass windows, one can see more than they'd like to walking up or down the High Line. Check out this short article about the issue in the NY Mag. |