West Side Walk

Some architecture shots from my walk around western Chelsea and into the Meatpacking District.

Starret-Lehigh Building

First, the Starret-Lehigh Building, the 1930s, curved, block-long warehouse and factory that occupies the block traced by 26^th and 27^th Streets and 11^th and 12^th Avenues. It is a fine example of creative design in a manufacturing building.

Water Tower Array — Water towers arrayed atop the 1930-vintage Starret-Lehigh Building. I always loved the building, but it's a challenge to photograph.

Strip Windows — Miles of strip windows band the Starret-Lehigh building in Chelsea.

100 Eleventh Avenue & IAC

Next, some photos of 100 Eleventh Avenue. I do like this building, with its bold curve and wacky windows. The last photo in this series features Frank Gehry’s IAC Building, his first in New York.

100 11 Avenue — It's rare for me to respond to a modern building, but there are several buildings going up in New York that I do like. And, this is one of them, a residential tower at 19th Street and the Hudson River.

Rough and Rounded — This residential tower in Chelsea on the Hudson River is nicknamed the 'vision machine.'

Gehry's IAC Building — Frank Gehry's modest work on the Hudson River (right). It echoes the sailboats that float down the river.

An Assortment…

Finally, a few odds and ends. A woman lounging under the Standard Hotel, a new residential building on 8^th Avenue near 14^th Street, and that NYC classic that needs no explanation.

A lone woman sits outside the Standard Hotel.

The wavy One Jackson Square in Greenwich Village, a modern residential building I can embrace.

The Shroud of Empire — The Empire State Building with a low cloud deck covering its transmitting antenna.