Closed Tower
Revisiting an old shot that I originally took on my first day in Paris, back in February, 2000. This version, now digital, came on a day that the tower was closed to the public. And in all my trips to the city, I still haven’t been up.
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Erected 1892
Looking up from the south side of the Flatiron Building.
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Crumbling Station
The westbound platform of the Amtrak station in Harper’s Ferry, looking toward the Potomac River just after sunset.
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Mini Flatiron
The landmark Toronto building.
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Flatiron Stairs
Looking up on a grey day in Toronto.
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Vintage Seine
From my old slide archives, a reinterpretation of a look at the Left Bank.
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Escapes
Somewhere in Chelsea, shot from atop the High Line Park.
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Reflections
A view of (and through) some of the windows of Frank Gehry’s IAC Headquarters, seen from the High Line Park in Chelsea.
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Balcony
Thinking of this view from Nice on a dreary December day.
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Stairway Light
Warm afternoon sun in the stairway, looking up toward where these bikes were stored.
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Apartment Walls
A facade along Bloor near the University of Toronto.
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Escalator View
While riding downward from the viewpoint a few floors above, a look toward the courtyard.
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Rusting Beam
A detail of the famous Cherry Street Bridge.
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Louvre Escalators
A long view of the different floors of the Louvre’s Richelieu wing, with modern architecture that’s an unmistakable nod to Louis Kahn and his geometric features.
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Mini Facade
Looking down on an empty plaza, from the top of the Centre Pompidou.
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Mazarine’s Library
From the Pont des Arts, looking south, the Bibliothèque Mazarine. Established in 1643 by the physician Naudé and named for the Cardinal, France’s first public library contained nearly 40,000 items by 1652.
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Up the Tower
Gustave’s radio transmission tower on a cold January evening.
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Arches
Looking up in the nave of the Bayeux Cathedral, built in 1077.
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Girders and Rivets
The Cherry Street Bridge, opened in 1931 and officially known as Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge. But less well-known is that it was designed by Joseph Strauss, designer of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
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Escalators
Shoppers at Le Bon Marche in Paris.
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