\nCarnegie Hall. Pentax ME Super, 135mm Takumar, Kodachrome 64.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n
1920s buildings are hard to improve upon:<\/p>\n
\nLow-fifties, west side. Pentax ME Super, 135mm Takumar, Kodachrome 64.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n
Go back a few more decades and Tribeca has some lovely old iron warehouse buildings, now all converted to expensive lofts, with soaring ceilings and huge windows – the Carnegie mills probably provided much of the building materials for these:<\/p>\n
\nIron-framed building in Tribeca. Pentax ME Super, 28mm Takumar, Kodachrome 64.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n
If the politics of big buildings interest you, try Paul Goldeberger’s book Up from Zero<\/a> which goes some way to explain why, seven years after 9\/11, Manhattan has yet to see the first brick laid in rebuilding the World Trade Centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carnegie Hall’s west elevation along Seventh Avenue always reminded me of what a steel mill might have looked like in that brilliant Scotsman’s era: Carnegie Hall. Pentax ME Super, 135mm Takumar, Kodachrome 64. 1920s buildings are hard to improve upon: Low-fifties, west side. Pentax ME Super, 135mm Takumar, Kodachrome 64. Go back a few more … Continue reading More NYC architecture<\/span>