From a few different angles on a cold day, the Citicorp Building, aka One Court Square, aka the tether-ball pole of Long Island City, aka the Queens echo of Citigroup Center straight across the East River in Manhattan.
I know it's shocking to think that bankers could be arrogant, but isn't the arrangement of the towers -- the way they form a "Citigroup Gate" that straddles the East River like a latter day Colossus of Rhodes -- a bit grand?
The photo above is from the Greenpoint Ave. Bridge. The one below left is from right down the street; the base of the building borders the left side of the photo, making its Manhattan cousin look puny in the gap to its right.
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Then above right and below, two examples of one of my favorite types of photos, where a cloud puts the subject in the dark on a sunny day. I like the way the steam from the power plant fizzles out near the top of the darkened tower below.
The photo below is from the Greenpoint Ave. Bridge. The one above right is from 30th St. near 47th Ave.; the other tower in the photo belongs to a storage facility, and is no doubt painted red, white & blue because, to the owners, America Means A Place to Store Your Stuff!
