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Posts tagged ‘architecture’

The Salesforce Tower (formerly the Transbay Tower) looms like a 1,070-foot pickle over San Francisco’s financial district. London did it bigger and better, so eh. Still, on the top (61st) floor, you likely get a lovely view of SF’s 41 hills. That’s 6 hills for…

The Pickle in the Background

10 October 2017
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Transamerica Pyramid in Silhouette, San Francisco, California, September 2017. It’s no longer the tallest or most impressive building in SF’s financial district–that title probably goes to the Salesforce (Pickle) Tower that looms much larger, but it is still a unique bit of architecture.

Transamerica Pyramid

10 October 2017
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“Rising Above Rosslyn,” A plane climbs from take-off at Reagan National Airport in Virginia, above construction in Rosslyn, Virginia, March 2017

Rising Above Rosslyn

11 May 2017

An old warehouse in near southeast, Washington, DC, undergoing renovation, it seems, as a part of the gentrification of the surrounding Anacostia neighborhoods. All photos: “Warehouse Renovation Project,” near Southeast, Washington, DC, January 2017

Scenes from an Abandoned Warehouse (7 Photos)

2 February 2017

The colors red, yellow, and orange shine in Granada, Spain, July 2014

Rojo, Amarillo, Naranja

5 January 2017
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The (almost) twin domes of churches, Santa Maria in Montesanto (1675, left) and Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1681, right, under renovation) as seen from the Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italy, September 2016. The names of the churches relate both are dedicated to the Holy Mother…

Twin Domes

27 November 2016

View from the BOX, 5th Avenue, NYC, New York, October 2015

View from the BOX

18 November 2016

Here are some (hopefully) less hackneyed views of the Flatiron Building in mid-town Manhattan. Flatiron Building, 5th Avenue, NYC, New York, October 2015

Flatiron Building, 3 Alternate Views

17 November 2016
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I’m going to post some of my detail shots from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy in several posts. There are quite a few things worth showing but I don’t want to be lazy and dump them all in one post. Below…

Detail from Santa Maria Maggiore

14 November 2016
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Here are two shots of the Grand Canal in Venice from the Rialto Bridge just before dusk. “Views of San Marco, San Polo, and the Grand Canal from the Rialto at Dusk,” Rialto Bridge, Venezia, Italy, September 2016

View from Rialto Bridge at Dusk

13 November 2016
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Cannaregio, Venezia, Italy, September 2016. I shot this one at ISO 6400, at 1/125 sec and f/2.8. Ambient light only.

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5 November 2016

Washing is displayed on the clothesline, Burano, Venezia, Italy, September 2016. Many of the brightly colored houses in Burano displayed washing on the line during our two visits, and although some were undoubtedly due to soiled clothing, the preponderance of laundry in colors that complemented…

Washing Day

30 October 2016

People color-coordinate their laundry with their house color, Burano, Venezia, Italy

Purple House

30 October 2016

A view of 432 Park Avenue, in Manhattan, from floor 102 of the Empire State Building

New York viewing 432 Park Avenue

12 September 2016
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NYC, from the Empire State Building, October 2015

Manhattan Skyline – Chrysler Building

12 September 2016

Penn Quarter, Washington, DC, June 2016

Glass

28 August 2016

Pret A Manger and the Canterbury Cathedral, Mercery Lane, Canterbury, Kent, UK, April 2015

Mercery Lane

30 July 2016
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Catholic University, Washington, DC, July 2016

God and Country

27 July 2016

Washington Nationals Ballpark

23 July 2016

Hamilton Hotel, 14th & F Streets, NW, Washington, DC, June 2016

Hamilton

18 July 2016

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