Photos 20 Sep 2009 08:25 am

Tops o’ Buildings / Sunday Photos

- Time to turn the Sunday photo section over to friend, Steve Fisher. He took me at my word when I said I was looking for images of things at the tops of buildings.

He sent the following stunning pictures, and what can I say. Here they are:


(Click any image to enlarge.)


Here’s a shot of the SONY building, which was once the AT&T building.
This is when it was under construction – dead center.


For reference, here’s what it looks like now.
(Pic pulled from AT&T site.)
It was designed by Phillip Johnson.


This and the following images were taken from
SOHO around Green Street.


A pretty mess.


This next group of photos was taken from above
Cooper Union (above), the historically famous Arts school
in Greenwich Village where Third meets Fourth.


Steve was able to get some clear shots of other rooftops
and even another view of the Cooper clock.


Steve writes: The new building at Cooper Union is largely sheathed
with perforated metal panels that act as a sun screen.


The views out to the rooftops of the surrounding buildings thus have
a texture to them that make for some interesting photos, but I would
find annoying as a workplace.


Imagine having a class at Cooper Union, looking out at this.


From a terrace on the building, Steve was able to get
these shots. Here’s looking uptown.


An overburdened rooftop.


On the terrace, there is a ‘green roof’, part of the environmentally
sound design, and a stone eagle that once adorned old Penn Station.


This one, in Queens, shows what many are doing to their modest,
attached brick homes – adding another story, with little regard to the
scale of the neighborhood or how it looks to their adjoining neighbors..


That’s not unlike what happened in San Gimignano,
and we all herald that as great stuff.


And we end in Queens with a something iscious.

3 Responses to “Tops o’ Buildings / Sunday Photos”

  1. on 20 Sep 2009 at 9:26 am 1.Dave Levy said …

    Love the Cooper Union shots. My dad graduated there in ’61. I always think about him when I walk by there, which is pretty often.

  2. on 20 Sep 2009 at 10:21 pm 2.Jessica said …

    Steve is my Father-in-law to be. There was a section of these photos that reminds me of a shot I took in Endicott, NY in the IBM complex.
    http://miniktty.deviantart.com/art/THINK-54129655

    I’m glad to see Steve’s work getting around. :)

  3. on 21 Sep 2009 at 12:11 am 3.Michael said …

    Jessica, you’re marrying into a great family with lots of talent. All the best.

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