Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
I’ve been calling it the Beekman Tower because I think any building that juts into your local sky, you get to name. But it is officially 8 Spruce Street. Other amenity include a swimming pool on the 50th floor. I’m being snarky, but it is a beautiful building, sculptural, sleek and definitely not boring. It has the feel of the science fiction future of the Zeppelin moment a few years back. People are living there already. Seventy six stories, they must have a spectacular view. Shot from my six story tenement roof.
Frank Gehry: Dizzy heights
“It’s Frank Gehry’s first skyscraper – a twisting, rippling tower that is transforming the New York skyline. Jonathan Glancey talks to the 82-year-old architect about realising a lifelong ambition.”
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Monday, July 4th, 2011
My neighbors put on a spectacular show this evening. I haven’t seen a such a large fireworks display in the neighborhood in maybe 20 years.
As usual the Macy’s Hudson River show was barely visible from my East Village roof. This shot is from the finale and is as grand as it got.
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Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Double sunset rainbow after a brief, but intense, thunderstorm.
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Looking southwest from my Lower East Side roof. The fluffy clouds caught my eye.
That’s the skeleton of the Hotel Ludlow on the left, which has remained idle for about two years now.
It will be interesting to see the Beekman Tower’s profile without the scaffolding
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
