Thursday Challenge—"modern"

Last week on my other blog, I showed a
picture taken from up near the top of this skyscraper
where I used to work.  The 46-story Hearst Tower
was completed in 2006 at a cost of $500,000,000;
it was constructed within the shell of the original
Hearst Building—which has landmark status.
That one, finished in 1928, cost $498,000,000 less
(and there's pretty much all you need to know
about inflation and NYC real estate).

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.
And since it's the 1st of the month, I've posted to my Paris blog.]

FDNY to the rescue

I used a zoom to take this shot from the 32nd
floor of a building where I used to work.  It was
constructed in such a way that you can pretty much
hang over the street, with nothing between you and 8th Ave.
but the floor-to-ceiling glass.  Some of the employees
wouldn't get within 10 feet of those windows and some couldn't 
stay away. You can probably guess which camp I was in.

[To see more "from above," visit Tina's Picstory.]

Thursday Challenge: "modern"

This is the Hearst Tower, where I used
to work. They got around the landmark status
of their original 1928 Art Deco building
by leaving the façade and constructing the
ultra-modern glass-and-steel structure inside it. 

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.]

Skywatch Friday

This is the Hearst Building (where I used to work).
I'm in another skyscraper on the other side of town now—
there is a nice public atrium in the lobby (with a piano
player even), but we don't have an employee's
cafeteria with a view straight up like this.


To see more Skywatch Friday, go here:
http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Mellow Yellow Monday

Just have to say: The NYFD is always on it!
NYC firefighters do a lot more than just
fight fires. Personally, I'm pretty much in
awe of the men and women who choose
to do that tough job.
See more MYM here.

friends in high places

Found this friendly window washer hanging

around the 32nd floor of the Hearst Bldg.,

where I used to work (think I've mentioned:

don't miss the job, do miss the view).

He'd better get busy, though—that's 
a lot of glass to keep clean!