NY Through the Lens - New York City Photography

The Chrysler Building. Midtown, New York City.

If you are fortunate enough to look up at exactly the right time, you can catch the sun dancing along the top of the Chrysler Building.

As the sun glides across the iconic spire, it leaves glimmering trails: shimmering footsteps connecting the sky to the city.

The Chrysler Building is a classic example of Art Deco architecture. Designed by architect William Van Alen for a project of Walter P. Chrysler, it was the headquarters of the Chrysler Corporation from 1930 until the mid 1950’s. Even though the building was built and designed specifically for the car manufacturer, the corporation did not pay for the construction of it and never owned it, as Walter P. Chrysler decided to pay for it himself, so that his children could inherit it.

Upon its completion on May 20, 1930, the added height of the spire allowed the Chrysler Building to surpass 40 Wall Street as the tallest building in the world and the Eiffel Tower as the tallest structure. It was the first man-made structure to stand taller than 1,000 feet.

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Glass skyscraper, blue sky and clouds. Tribeca, New York City.

When the wind is still, the sky seduces the city with a reverie of itself poured onto the glass of skyscrapers like a liquid dream emulsion.

The fine feathered touch of the clouds brush lightly against the the cool skin of structures reaching towards the distant comfort of loftier aspirations and shadows cast on the world below muffle the quickened heartbeats and soft sighs of this not-so-clandestine meeting.

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Despite all my protestations about glass buildings rising in the place of other more ornate and classic works of architecture, I will say that if you find yourself looking up at the newer glass buildings on a beautiful day, the views are beautiful.

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Architecture. Upper East Side, New York City

Buildings contain a veritable wealth of tales. Their architecture betrays their secret inner monologues and soliloquies. Decades of exuberant happiness tempered with a moderate balance of unbridled sorrow are encased in the dignified stoicism of structure and form.

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Glass skyscraper reflecting a beautiful blue sky and clouds. Tribeca,New York City.

For all my complaints about glass buildings rising in the place of other more ornate and classic works of architecture, I will say that if you find yourself looking up at the newer glass buildings on a beautiful day, the views are beautiful. Blue skies and clouds pour onto the glass like a liquid dream emulsion.

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Some of my favorite architecture. Lower East Side, New York City.

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Flat Iron District. Detail of a building, New York City.

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The Benjamin Hotel. Midtown, New York City.

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Gramercy Park, New York City.

Spring.

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The Chrysler Building. Midtown, Manhattan.

One of my absolute favorite skyscrapers in New York City is the Chrysler Building. I can’t get enough of it.

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East Village, Manhattan.

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West Village, Manhattan.

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Soho, Manhattan.

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East Village, Manhattan.

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Chinatown, Manhattan.

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Regarding the new ‘explore’ feature: As a photographer on Tumblr who features photography of New York City, none of my photos fit into any of the tagging categories currently in Explore. I find this a bit odd considering that Tumblr has tons of people who are interested in city photography. Currently the only Explore tags related to photography are ‘landscape’, ‘black and white’, ‘film’ and ‘portrait’. It’s astonishing that ‘photography’, ‘city’, ‘cityscape’, ‘new york city’, ‘nyc’ or even ‘digital photography’ aren’t up there. It’s also odd that ‘architecture’ and ‘music’ which are also extremely popular topics are notably missing.

The new feature is currently excluding a large majority of original content providers (in the world of urban/city photography) and those people who absolutely love this sort of photography. Explore is now the #1 way for new people to Tumblr to find Tumblrs. You can certainly still search for specific tags (like city, nyc, urban etc..) but many people don’t typically use Tumblr in that fashion (aside from people like myself who love tags). They could tweak the Explore tags in the weeks to come but it’s puzzling that the broad, popular, relevant categories from the Directory didn’t make it to the initial major tags in Explore.

West Village, Manhattan.

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