Doug Kerr
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Last week Carla was in New York City (yes, I know that's not really its name) attending the annual international convention of the Red Hat Society, which as some of you know is a social order for mature women. She had a wonderful time.
She had her trusty Canon G16 with her, and here are a few quick workups of some of the results.
A high spot of her "tourism" was her visit to One World Trade Center (known during its construction as Freedom Tower), the major building that was built on the site of the former World Trade Center complex that was destroyed in the attacks of 2001.09.11. It is the tallest building in the western hemisphere, and is said to be the sixth-tallest in the world. The "architectural" height of the building is 1,776 feet, intended to match the year (CE) of the founding of the United States.
Carla went to the observation deck, located on floors "102-104" (I use the quotes there as there are always a lot of "funny" things involved with the floor numbering of these buildings), where she said the view was just stupendous.
Here we see, looking north, three earlier icons of NYC architecture:
Carla C. Kerr: Icons of NYC architecture
(Yes, I know this can benefit from some more sophisticated post processing; I was just anxious to get these up.)
On the left we see the Empire State Building; on the far right, the Chrysler Building; and just right of center, the MetLife building, for many years known as the Pan Am building and still often thought of by that name around the world.
Now we look a bit east of north, with Brooklyn on the right.
Carla C. Kerr: Take the bridge to Brooklyn
We see (l) the Williamsburg Bridge, and (r) the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.
Back at ground level, we see a wonderful shopping corner, for the well-heeled:
Carla C. Kerr: Stop in and pick up a few things
The perspective is interesting, making it look as if one could drive right into Bergdorf Goodman.
Here is another view of some of the architecture:
Carla C. Kerr: Big buildings
Carla probably knows what these are but she's not here right now. I'm not sure what the louver-like arrangement is on the building to the right; it might be be some sort of solar collector (not electrical).
New York, like so many cities, is perhaps at its most fabulous at night. This is just outside Carla's hotel:
Carla C. Kerr: Almost home
More later.
Best regards,
Doug
She had her trusty Canon G16 with her, and here are a few quick workups of some of the results.
A high spot of her "tourism" was her visit to One World Trade Center (known during its construction as Freedom Tower), the major building that was built on the site of the former World Trade Center complex that was destroyed in the attacks of 2001.09.11. It is the tallest building in the western hemisphere, and is said to be the sixth-tallest in the world. The "architectural" height of the building is 1,776 feet, intended to match the year (CE) of the founding of the United States.
Carla went to the observation deck, located on floors "102-104" (I use the quotes there as there are always a lot of "funny" things involved with the floor numbering of these buildings), where she said the view was just stupendous.
Here we see, looking north, three earlier icons of NYC architecture:
Carla C. Kerr: Icons of NYC architecture
(Yes, I know this can benefit from some more sophisticated post processing; I was just anxious to get these up.)
On the left we see the Empire State Building; on the far right, the Chrysler Building; and just right of center, the MetLife building, for many years known as the Pan Am building and still often thought of by that name around the world.
Now we look a bit east of north, with Brooklyn on the right.
Carla C. Kerr: Take the bridge to Brooklyn
We see (l) the Williamsburg Bridge, and (r) the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.
Back at ground level, we see a wonderful shopping corner, for the well-heeled:
Carla C. Kerr: Stop in and pick up a few things
The perspective is interesting, making it look as if one could drive right into Bergdorf Goodman.
Here is another view of some of the architecture:
Carla C. Kerr: Big buildings
Carla probably knows what these are but she's not here right now. I'm not sure what the louver-like arrangement is on the building to the right; it might be be some sort of solar collector (not electrical).
New York, like so many cities, is perhaps at its most fabulous at night. This is just outside Carla's hotel:
Carla C. Kerr: Almost home
More later.
Best regards,
Doug