NYC Facades

A panorama of Bowling Green

From a walking tour I did in January, 2009.

View to the northwest

See a post on my personal blog for more on this (and why I care about it).

View to the southwest

View from Water Street of Coenties slip.

Pedestrian mall

This street is so quaint and book-ended by serious, meaningful buildings. It alludes to a much different era, preserved only as a place of recreation.

A massive modern building with its own appeal

When I first visited this part of the campus, the sun was behind it and the effect of it shining through the entrance at the center of the picture. It was also between classes, and hundreds of students were swarming over the plaza and stairs. This picture does not do justice to both the enormity and also the redeeming merits of the building I saw then.

An architecturally confused building

This building evokes the cast-iron lofts of soho, with its, well, cast-iron center, yet it retains the brick structure. I love the composition, with the “picture” and “frame,” including the unassuming lintel centered across the top.