Category: architecture
I ♥ NY: High Above Bryant Park
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNvgpJdc8R8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Before I left NYC, I visited an ex-colleague who works in an office that overlooks Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. His office, facing east on the 31st floor has floor-to-ceiling glass window. Chrysler building, NYC Library, Empire State building, and Bryant Park’s ice-rink in Christmas are all in full view. The vista is breathtaking.
Temporary Home Sweet Home
Here are some pictures of the interiors of my temporary home – living/dining room, kitchen, a small bedroom and a finished attic with a bed, and a foyer. The house has one of those typical European staircase. Another tenant lives below me and the landlord (a couple with 2 dogs) occupy the ground floor with
I ♥ NY: Cityscape Video
This video of Manhattan cityscape created by time-lapse photography (I presumed) is fantastic – movement of the crescent-shaped moon, pulsing street traffic, the smoke, airplanes landing and taking off, and the sunrise. I believe the view is that of upper Manhattan and the Bronx with La Guardia Airport at the back. But before you view the
High Line: Shadows and Silouhettes
This is part 6 and the end of the High Line: I ♥ NY series. Links to earlier posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. As seen in photos posted earlier, the sunset was beautiful but it got completely dark by around 5:30 – 6pm. Some of the rooms of the Standard Hotel had their