Thursday Challenge—"night"

Something new(ish) on the New York skyline: the tall,
skinny condo in the middle (which is now
pretty much completed) is 432 Park Ave., the 3rd-tallest
in NYC at 1,396 ft. (425.5 m) and the tallest
residential building in the Western Hemisphere.
It mostly comprises what they call "ghost apartments,"
occupied for only a few weeks a year by über-millionaires
—I hear that the penthouse has already sold for $95 million. 
(P.S. — you couldn't pay me to live up there.)

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Chrysler Bldg.

Anyone who knows this blog knows that
this is my favorite NYC building. How can
you not love its elegant design—and those
lights that stand out even in a dense fog?

[To see more monochromes, visit
The Weekend in Black and White.]

Skywatch Friday

My daughter Kate called me one evening to ask
if I could see the sunset.  She had an unobstructed view
from where she was, far downtown—and I had to run
all the way to the other end of my office to catch
just this glimpse.  But I could imagine how glorious
it must have been if you could see the whole thing.


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New York at Night (16)

Yikes! I need to get out there
and take some pictures.
Meanwhile, here's one from
the other evening from my office: my
favorite NYC building, taken at
my favorite time of day—l'heure bleu.

New York at Night (9)

They've wrapped this tree in blue lights from top
to bottom.  Just hope they don't think they could
ever compete with the lights atop the Chrysler Building!
[This is part of That's My World. See more of the world here.]

Chrysler Reflected

Here's the sublimely beautiful (IMHO, and 
even more so at night) Chrysler Building, 
reflected in the Hyatt Hotel across Lexington Ave. 
to the west.  I get to see this every day 
and—no—I never take it for granted! 

skywatch Friday

My favorite PTDD is visible from lots

of spots in the city. Always a nice

surprise to look up and see it off

in the distance. This was shot

from lower Broadway—at least 40

(probably more like 50) blocks south.

[See more Skywatch pix here.]

Skywatch Friday

Here's a shiny tree topper for you! 

 Hope you're having a wonderful holiday this

year, whatever you celebrate—

[Check out more Skywatch (hi, Santa!) here.]

buds

Not that many trees in Manhattan. So I did my bit to 
save some by doing my taxes online today.
Thanks, TurboTax (and thanks to the ex for his help)!

this place again?

That's right—because it's gorgeous!  Did you know that the 

Chrysler Bldg. was the first to be taller than the Eiffel

Tower?  (ET! ET! ET!)  Chrysler was in a competition with 

the Bank of Manhattan to be tallest—and won by being 

really sneaky.   See here.

39th & Lex.

You can stand here and look north 

to see the Chrysler Building,

 then turn about 45 degrees to
face west—and there's the Empire State.
A person could get whiplash on this corner!

Chrysler Bldg.

This is just one of many, many, many photos

(this one shot from the office) that I've taken

of my all-time fave NYC building.

Learn more about it  here.

one photo, two icons

Welcome to my work neighborhood. My building is directly

across 42nd St. from the Chrysler Bldg. And I'm 
always grateful to Jackie Onassis for her (successful) 
efforts to save Grand Central from the wrecking ball. 
 She said this:

"Is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her proud monuments, until there will be nothing left of all her history and beauty to inspire our children? If they are not inspired by the past of our city, where will they find the strength to fight for her future? Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters. Maybe… this is the time to take a stand, to reverse the tide, so that we won't all end up in a uniform world of steel and glass boxes."