Okay! So our last theme was centered on nature. For this one, let's contrast that with a theme of modern cities and urban landscapes. Doesn't matter if it's a city you've lived in, a place you'd like to visit, or just a city you like the look of, as long as it's an image of a real city. Let's see some skylines and city streets and buildings. The usual avatar contest rules apply. Entries will be accepted until midnight PDT on the morning of Saturday, May 9th. To start us off, here is a slice of skyline from Tokyo, Japan: And away we go! I look forward to seeing other entries!
- Downtown Toronto, as seen from the CN Tower (Yeah, the little avatar size doesn't really do it justice!)
Here we go: I took this probably about fifteen years ago from the pedestrian bridge between the main building and the Dowling building at BMC. In the foreground is the original Boston City Hospital building (now office space), which dates back to around the Civil War, if I remember correctly. In the background, of course, is the Boston skyline, including the John Hancock building and the Prudential Building. The original, uncropped version is here.
If you're interested, I found the same pic and made a gif for you that captures the whole skyline in a scroll.
Photo taken last June 5th. Pictured are the Brooklyn & Manhattan Bridges, spanning the East River (with Brooklyn in the background):
The building they're playing Tetris on is 432 Park Avenue, recently surpassing the Empire State as the second tallest building in New York, though it's the tallest building by roof height in NY (ie. not counting 1WTC's architectural spire). At 1,396 feet (426 m), it's 32 feet taller than the roof of One World Trade Center. It's also the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere. Unfortunately, it's also a giant Jenga tower of inequality, housing only 104 ultra-luxury residential units. It represents the first of many new ultra-tall and ultra-thin residential and mixed-use skyscrapers which will drastically transform the New York skyline over the next fifteen years, for good or ill. Personally, I love me some skyscrapers, but some of these are unimaginative glass boxes design-wise, and razor thin on account of the limited space available, so they look like they'll blow over in a stiff breeze (not really, but you know what I mean). (click to enlarge)
Just popped in to say congrats! (to both of you!) And that I'm hoping to snap a shot for this contest as well, and if I'm lucky it'll make a decent AV that I can post here.