New York City
This gallery features four spectacular recent additions to New York City: the 100 story One World Trade Center building, constructed on the site of the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex destroyed in the 9/11 attack; the Oculus, a combination transportation center, shopping center and tourist attraction near the World Trade Center site; the High Line, a pedestrian path built on an elevated former rail line running 1.45 miles from 34th Street south to the Whitney Museum of American Art near 12th Street; and The Vessel, a sixteen story public art installation built on the grounds of Hudson Yards, a large commercial real estate project at 40th Street and the Westside Highway. The gallery concludes with some New York scenes I photographed during a trip several years earlier.
One World Trade Center, one hundred stories high.
The Oculus, looking from this angle like a giant bird about to fly away.
Another view of One World Trade Center, taken from beneath the “wing” of the Oculus.
The view from the street of these two amazing structures.
The view of Brooklyn from the top of One World Trade Center.
On the High Line, looking toward Hudson Yards.
A view from the High Line.
The High Line is a New York City park funded principally by donations from the public.
The Vessel is nestled among the tall buildings of Hudson Yards.
The Vessel up close.
Beneath the Vessel on Hudson Yards’ main plaza.
The Vessel has an elevator, but most visitors choose to walk up the sixteen stories of stairs, pausing along the way to take in the sights.
Looking down at the Vessel’s first floor.
Walking up.
The view from the top.
Most cars on the streets of New York are taxis.
The city is a shopper’s paradise.
Are we being manipulated?
Alone in the city.
Street scene at dusk.
Grand Central Station and the Chrysler Building— two New York icons.
The Chrysler Building alone.
There are endless interesting architectural perspectives.
A fun house view.
Times Square—night falls early in the deep city canyons.