Yes, air conditioning pushes hot air outside for the rest of us to share, and a billion people in India and China are ready to buy their first unit. But it's hard to think about how we're melting the planet -- or to appreciate the way buildings with window units can look like an organism or a boulder-strewn or industrial landscape -- when your brain is left unconditioned, stewing in its own juices.
On top and below left, at 340 57th St., one of the more impressive AC arrays I've seen. Below right, on W 27th St. off Broadway.
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Above l-r: (1) snow on Park Ave, South, (2) a brutal arrangement at Lexington & 23rd St., (3) a more pleasing sight on the opposite (SE) corner. Below, a sideways industrial landscape on 47th St. between 5th & 6th Aves.
