Downtown NYC
Took a stroll in Lower Manhattan this evening. It happened to be a warm day for January.
First, I ventured out onto the overpass that crosses the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. In this shot, through the chain-link, you can see some cars coming in and out of the tunnel, which is behind me.
It’s a 4-second exposure, designed to get long streaks of light from the cars. The fence feels as thought it gets in the way for me, maybe if I toned down its brightness so it didn’t dominate quite so much. it almost looks like two different photos superimposed.
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel egress into Lower Manhattan.
Next, I headed over to Stone Street and picked up some shots. I quite like this one, in black and white and with enough time to catch the flags moving in the wind. I think this one worked out pretty well. Perhaps something in the foreground would have been nice, but it’s too cold for outdoor dining.
Stone Street was the first paved street in what was then New Amsterdam in 1658. North America's first brewery was also here. Perhaps today's row of bars and pubs is an appropriate reflection of this street's past.
I’ve shot One World Trade Center a few times, and, honestly, I don’t much care for the building itself. But, I wanted to try to capture it from stem to stern, as it were. This is a panorama of two shots, allowing me to get the tippy top, along with the cars on the street.
1 World Trade Center, bottom to top.
Finally, I’m back in the sci-fi, Calatrava-designed transit hub under the WTC. This has to be one of my favorite spaces (I am partial to Calatrava’s designs), and this hallway reminds me of a dystopian world from a 70s movie. The last time I was here, it was still under construction—no ads ruined the minimalistic feel of the space.
The sci-fi hallway in the WTC's new transit hub, designed by Calatrava.