tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post5218596000924250431..comments2024-03-19T19:48:17.585-04:00Comments on New York Daily Photo: XYZBrian Dubéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12579167361224067819noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-77293391746189637082008-01-26T21:33:00.000-05:002008-01-26T21:33:00.000-05:00Brian, I studied architecture at the end of the 70...Brian, I studied architecture at the end of the 70's although I didn't finish my degree. While the power of this photo and indeed the buildings is immense, one wonders where the sunshine has gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-69993147215485734082008-01-14T07:27:00.000-05:002008-01-14T07:27:00.000-05:00A beautiful photograph. I am sometimes amazed that...A beautiful photograph. <BR/><BR/>I am sometimes amazed that streets like this one, just don't break off and disappear. I assume the foundations are all resting on bedrock but then all rocks break and who wants to think about bedrock breaking. The weight, all in one place, would seem to me to be more than enough, coaxed by an occasional earth tremor, to snap. I guess that is something we have yet to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-27730734533903905482008-01-13T02:57:00.000-05:002008-01-13T02:57:00.000-05:00I used to call these buildings the domino building...I used to call these buildings the domino buildings. As in:<BR/>If a cartoon giant came to destroy NYC, he would knock those buildings down like dominoes.<BR/><BR/>Then I worked there from 89-91, and I have happy memories from those times, and hence, happy thoughts when I see these buildings even today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-3773253420207380012008-01-12T18:48:00.000-05:002008-01-12T18:48:00.000-05:00I love dropping by your site to for your photos an...I love dropping by your site to for your photos and to read the accompanying text. It's always interesting.<BR/><BR/>Those buildings? Downtown Toronto has nothing but such buildings that are "rather cold, lifeless and joyless."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-47916299551093350162008-01-12T16:00:00.000-05:002008-01-12T16:00:00.000-05:00Yes, and these buildings are not alone in their jo...Yes, and these buildings are not alone in their joylessness - we have several shorter buildings here from the 60s & 70s that are even more hideous.Feliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677189848058313205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-81427424114353148062008-01-12T13:41:00.000-05:002008-01-12T13:41:00.000-05:00Does any light reach the earth? They are banal but...Does any light reach the earth? They are banal but en mass they do look striking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-50293482706976595782008-01-12T00:15:00.000-05:002008-01-12T00:15:00.000-05:00I love the composition of the shot. And although I...I love the composition of the shot. And although I am a New Yorker I love reading your insightful posts. Very interesting.b13https://www.blogger.com/profile/04579126816328421810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-21322369991610267832008-01-11T20:22:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:22:00.000-05:00These buildings just say 70's design and architect...These buildings just say 70's design and architecture!marleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01472265054401361817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-91201495295926625282008-01-11T11:09:00.000-05:002008-01-11T11:09:00.000-05:00Great photo, but I am just glad I don't have to li...Great photo, but I am just glad I don't have to live or work in a building that tall. I'm not even crazy about huge, multi-story condos at the beach. Reminds me too much of that dreadful movie, "The Towering Inferno!"Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187924454780490386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-14806242290165309062008-01-11T11:00:00.000-05:002008-01-11T11:00:00.000-05:00Yes, it's kind of amazing that your youthful enthu...Yes, it's kind of amazing that your youthful enthusiasm could get the excitement just from the scale and the density. I have found this area of the city pretty difficult to deal with. Too many monoliths in a row that are not very interesting, going on and on for blocks along Sixth in midtown. The break at Rock Center area with about a three blocks of Art Deco, and Radio City, really are a big relief in that stretch of Sixth.indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com