Moynihan Train Station
This was not a serious photo day—I’m only carrying my phone. But, in the spirit of “you can get a great shot on any camera,” here I am exploring the newly opened Moynihan Train Station.
When a new public space opens in NYC, people flock to it. I’d guess around 80% of the people inside the station today came simply to see the station. The primary activity here among us all was photography.
Concourse
Built within the original, block-long post office’s courtyard, this is designed to put a new shine on the rat’s nest that is Penn Station across the street.
I definitely put the wide-angle lens on this iPhone to use here.
The main concourse in the brand new Moynihan train station, where Amtrak will now be based in NYC.
Moynihan Train station corridor.
Concourse at the newly opened Moynihan Train Station.
The Hive
One of the art installations in the station, The Hive, by Elmgreen & Dragset, hangs precariously above one of the entrances. I feel like half the people here are waiting for it to plunge to the floor and crush all those under it.
The Hive by Elmgreen and Dragset, hangs from the ceiling.
The Hive omnously hangs from the 31 Street entrance at Moynihan Station.
One Manhattan West
This new skyscraper is somehow very pleasing to me, which is unbelievably rare. I like the curved corners, and the tapered, eastern façade.
1 Manhattan West, a new skyscraper on Ninth Avenue and 33 Street.
Front of 1 Manhattan West, with its tapered east facade.
Opulence
The Christmas decorations inside the new mall at Hudson Yards. It’s juuuust a bit much.
The nouveau riche mall at Hudson Yards with Christmas trees hanging from the ceiling.
The XI
The XI (Eleven) is a new residential building on the High Line in Chelsea. I like its skewed lines, and there is another sister building behind this one.
The skewed XI, new apartments for the rich on the High Line.