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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Looking Down, from the Upper East Side

Upper East Side, NYC
Photo by myself, around East 80th Street and Madison Avenue.

This photo was taken looking east, toward the backsides of tall apartment buildings that face Park Avenue.

The front facades of buildings along Park Avenue are often limestone. Toward the back, the buildings are brick, which is a much cheaper material.

Smaller townhouses line the streets between Madison Avenue and Fifth. The rooftops are littered with water towers, air conditioning equipment and skylights.

Related posts: Looking Out, to Central Park West, Different Vistas, and High Above Bryant Park.

5 comments:

Olivier said...

belle vue au dessus des toits, et j'aime beaucoup les water-tank

s.c said...

Ha, you have to place this photo next to the high rise dwellings in HongKong. Its completely different but still also the same. Thanks for showing

Louis la Vache said...

hee hee...
For a moment, «Louis» thought he was at the wrong blog...
;-D

Ken Mac said...

only in NYC !

RedPat said...

For some strange reason I love those water towers - cool shape!