Night out of New York
Day in England
Wing Time
Category: skyline
Foggy Water Tower Morning
Manhattan from the Turnpike
Brief visit to NYC and New Jersey, providing a foggy, cross-wired view of Manhattan from the NJ Turnpike.
Views from the Bridge
Night Out, London
We went to the West End Theatre at the beginning of the month (Hamnet). This was the view from the bridge on the walk back to Waterloo Station afterwards, with St Paul’s cathedral prominently lit.
Dusky Thames
Headed home, walking over the Golden Jubilee Bridges to Waterloo Station and the train to Farnham the day before Christmas Eve.
London and the City
Walking back to Waterloo station on the Southbank and the sun came out illuminating the dome of St Paul’s, I stopped to take an in-camera jpeg sweep panorama.
from the Millennium Bridge
After the Tate Modern last week, I crossed the Millennium Bridge, walking to the Barbican Centre. Here are a couple of standard views from the bridge.
Manhattan Skylines
We took a walk around the Central Park Reservoir with the light just perfect so I shot an in-camera sweep panorama looking towards the East-Southeast. Then, after about a 3/4 circuit, another shot of the southern park skyline with the impudent new needle-nose skyscrapers giving us the finger, below.
Back in NY
Train to Chicago
After seeing the glass and steel architecture up close on the Chicago River, our tour boat pulled out into Lake Michigan to provide sightseers the opportunity to snap views of the skyline. Click on any of the pictures below to see them all bigger.
Glass
We went on a touristy architectural boat tour of Chicago focused mostly on the big glass and steel towers of downtown. I think because glass reflects its surroundings, it’s an easy way for an architect to say their building fits in its environment. Click on any of the images below to see them all enlarged.
Hotel Room View
After a day and a half in New York, we moved on to Chicago, to visit my daughter and one of my sons and his wife.
Philadelphia
As viewed from the Vesper Boat Club, September 2006.
The Spire
Out for a walk with our US guests I was struck by the spire of the local church against the dramatic sky.
Farnham to Paris
We got home from Edinburgh on a Friday evening. Monday morning we set off for London and then on to Paris for a few days, where 25-years earlier we had celebrated our honeymoon.
National Museum Roof Garden
Edinburgh, Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland has a roof garden with tremendous views. Above an in camera sweep panorama that covers only about 180º of the view. Below, a series of shots that will show some of the views a little closer. Click on any of them to see them larger.
Streets of Edinburgh
After the Parliament we continued our stroll through Edinburgh, eventually returning to our hotel. Click any of the pictures below to see them all bigger (remembering you may have to click the post title first if you’re seeing this in an email or via social media).
Arthur’s Seat
The next day we climbed up Arthur’s Seat, a volcanic hill that is part of Holyrood Park. Click any of the pictures below to see scenes of our ascent full sized (you may need to click the post title first for this to work if you’re seeing this in email or on social media).
