I was bored after work today and decided to finally go through my photos from various trips to NYC and pick out some photos to edit and share with everyone. I have a fondness for the layering effect that can be found in cities and juxtaposition of old and new to create an urban fabric. NYC inspires me in this manner and I've selected some photos representing these qualities to share here.

 

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nice job - there are so many details and contrasts.

 

i often wonder how many people really ever stop to do that in the ultimate 'keep it moving' city, but i am glad you did!

Basically all these photos were taken while standing against things like mailboxes, fire hydrants, traffic signs, etc. or while standing in niches in buildings so I was out of the way. I'm not a patient person when it comes to people getting in the way on the sidewalk so I make sure I'm not in anyone's way haha.

Impressive!!!

Basically all these photos were taken while standing against things like mailboxes, fire hydrants, traffic signs, etc. or while standing in niches in buildings so I was out of the way. I'm not a patient person when it comes to people getting in the way on the sidewalk so I make sure I'm not in anyone's way haha.

 

oh i know. i meant i wonder if the locals ever take the time to notice these details. or even many visitors for that matter. i think all of us on sites like uo might assume most people do, at least from time to time, because we do, but i'm not so sure most people look closely. for example, my 19yo niece recently visited and we were walking around the village and all that and she never once took notice of anything. we might as well have been walking around at the lifestyle mall lol!

It's sad, but people definitely don't notice the details. Hell, they don't even notice the big things. I was in Bryant Park once taking a photo of the building with the sloped front (I'm drawing a blank on its name) and a guy went, "wow, I've been coming to this park for 20 years and never noticed that building sloped until I saw you taking a photo of it and looked up." I always find myself most interested in the details but know many people just don't even take notice of these things and go through life without ever really paying attention.

Wonderful pictures!  Several of them reinforce my hatred of the Met Life (formerly Pan Am) Building!

From the south side of the complex I actually don't mind it. I think it adds an interesting contrast and backdrop to that part of Park Ave and creates a sense of enclosure. But from then north it overpowers the Helmsley which I think is one of the best buildings in the city. Overall though it's far from properly integrated which is a resultant of the thinking of the time.

 

I also have a thing for moments where cities decided to break the grid and this whole complex does that which makes me fond of it even if the MetLife buliding itself has some...issues.

i think looking south down park ave with the met life/pan am bldg framing the helmsley bldg is pretty cool, particularly at twilight. the helmsley is colorfully lit and its just kind of a darker frame for that.

 

definitely a controversial and disliked bldg though, mostly because its so visible and mammoth and also because it breaks the grid and is so in your face on park ave. personally i don't mind it. i don't like or dislike it. it just kind of is. maybe because there are plenty of schlockly junk bldgs around and it isn't that.

It's sad, but people definitely don't notice the details. Hell, they don't even notice the big things. I was in Bryant Park once taking a photo of the building with the sloped front (I'm drawing a blank on its name) and a guy went, "wow, I've been coming to this park for 20 years and never noticed that building sloped until I saw you taking a photo of it and looked up." I always find myself most interested in the details but know many people just don't even take notice of these things and go through life without ever really paying attention.

 

That would be the Grace Building - there's a fraternal twin up by Central Park by the same architects - the Solow Building. Very nice job on the photos!

Ah yes. The Solow Building I always remember as being Chandler Bing's office.

 

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

These are incredible! Very nice.

 

#51 reminds me of the new Dunnhumby (aka 84.51) building.

 

#63 is a really cool pic.

#51 is a great example of what I wish would happen more in Cincy. It's a renovation of a historic building with a really modern addition called The Porter House by SHoP Architects.

 

http://www.shoparc.com/projects/the-porter-house/

 

#63 is one of the most interesting curtain walls I've ever seen. The project is by Jean Nouvel and called 100 Eleventh Avenue. The glass is all the same color but as can be seen in that picture the panes themselves aren't vertical. Some are tilted toward the sky, some are tilted towards the city, and some are tilted towards the water. This means as the light changes so does the color of the glass. It's extremely dynamic at sunset.

 

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/05/28/100-11th-avenue-by-jean-nouvel-3/

Great eye you have.  Well done.

^Thanks!

 

Someday I'll make the investment in a real camera so I don't have to rely so heavily on photoshopping pictures from a point and shoot.