Supertall Skyscrapers
Color? Cropped?
This photo bewilders me—mostly in a good way. I do love this photo, but I’m torn between color or grayscale, and crop or landscape. I feel that all four permutations of these excite me.
The landscape version adds to the vanishing point feeling, but there’s something pleasing about the square cropping.
The color version has so many shades of blue, but the reflections are more prominent on the black and white version.
I'm torn… It’s hard to choose among the shots you love.
The supertalls rising on 57th Street.
The supertall family picture taken from the middle of 57th Street.
111 W 57
The building rising at 111 W 57th Street thins out as it reaches for the sky.
One57, adorned in blue, and the unfinished 111 West 57th.
Constructing the finale of 111 West 57th Street, the slender, 1,400-foot tower rising on Billionaire's Row.
Constructing 111 West 57th Street, the super-skinny, 1,400-foot tower that tapers at the top. I think I like this building—it makes a statement, and the top is so profound.
Central Park Tower
The so-called Central Park Tower, rising on 57th Street, will be the second-tallest building in NYC, after the World Trade Center. And, its roof is actually taller than the WTC.
The Central Park Tower rising to its 1,550-foot apex. This will be the second-tallest building in the United States, and if you disqualify that silly spire on the World Trade Center, it is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
The Central Park Tower seems to go on forever when standing at its base. If you discount that silly antenna on 1 World Trade Center, this would be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Its roof is taller than that of the WTC. I don’t feel the facade or form is all that special though. Maybe I’ll be surprised when it’s complete.
Supertall Shadow
Standing in the shadow of 111 W 57th Street as it sweeps across Central Park.
Standing in the shadow of 111 W 57. These shadows sweep across the lower part of Central Park each afternoon.
Redefining the Skyline
The supertall skyscrapers redefine the Midtown skyline.
From the perspective of the rooftop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, its abundantly apparent how much these supertalls have altered the skyline. There’s a lot of hostility toward these building, but in order to be a New Yorker one must embrace change.