..this is an eye catching piece of architecture from the southern tip of manhattan.. it’s odd that i haven’t posted anything about it yet.. 😀
17 State Street is a 42-story building in the Financial District of Manhattan. Completed in 1988, the building rises to 542 ft (165 m). It was designed by Emery Roth and Sons, and it is most noted for its distinct curved facade.
The bottom floors of the skyscraper are home to New York Unearthed, an urban archaeology museum with approximately two million artifacts from local excavation sites. The museum was originally included as a concession to the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, who had been unable to perform an archaeological survey of the site before construction began. They believed that the lot had contained artifacts from the early 18th century, although a lawyer for the construction firm claimed to be “absolutely certain that no archeological material was lost”.
*applied a velvia 50 (film filter) on it and lowered opacity to 60%.. still looks a bit saturated, ain’t it?
21 replies on “17 state street”
superbe vue !!
i love your composition with all the trees. really nice shot. 🙂
Very nice Rian. Like the blue here
Hands up how many people believe that lawyer ha ha!
Great looking shot, Rian. Really interesting info as well.Love the composition with the trees, somehow softening the stark architectural lines of the buildings
I don’t know…overall the color looks good…not over-saturated in my opinion.
I was going to comment on the cool saturation and when I read further, I see you used a velvia filter, one of my fav films from the old days. 😉
The blue yellow color combination work well here.
cool peak of the city behind the trees.
I like using the trees as a screen for showing this impressive building. I like the color and the saturation looks okay to me.
I like the perspective in this…nice blue skies for the backdrop.
Love your point-of-view..and how you captured the towers rising above the trees. And – the architectural story and background is great!!!
I love the composition as well…nice image!
I like these rocking colors, interesting architecture (no perpective but mixed with the foreground).
SwissCharles
awesome juxtaposition. like the contrast of the blue and yellow. great vantage point.
Cool!
Crispy details and contrast!
wonderful shot Rian!!! and yes it’s the weekend wheeeee!! 🙂
lovely street shot! Nice creativity showing the trees in front of the buildings. =D
nice with the veil of trees in front of it.
Agree with others here, like the contrast with the trees and the structures.
Ahh the weekend, today I realized that the gym should not have been next door to the pub, one of them should move… exercise then go next door and quench the thirst, hmm and they had Newcastle too… 🙂
feeling the blues, cool shot 🙂