Random Restless

11/12/12

San Francisco


Back for a minute with photos from one of my few trips out of town, a few years ago.  Above, the Matson Building, and below left, the PG&E Building, now both part of PG&E headquarters.  Below center and right, the former Standard Oil Building at 225 Bush St.



Above, morning light on Sts. Peter & Paul on Washington Square.


Above and below left, the Chambord Apartments at Sacramento and Jones Sts., which "has often been misattributed to Barcelona architect Antonio Gaudi."  Below right, the Alcazar Theater on Geary St.



Above, the PacBell Building on New Montgomery St.  Below left, Union Bank at 400 California St.  Below right, the dome of SF City Hall.




Above, the Russ Building on Montgomery St.  Below, California St. and Leidesdorff St. sides of the Insurance Exchange Building.


And finally, I noticed several moody sets of trees out there, and nearly all of them turned out to be ficus trees. Below, morning light on trees bordering the Joe DiMaggio Playground on Lombard St.



8/27/12

Note: Busy


I wish...

Too busy to post anything new for a while.  I just tried to re-organize a few of the 1100+ posts already here, but it's like sifting through the pieces of a massive, dismembered jigsaw puzzle of the World Map circa 1937, drenched in maple syrup then invaded by ants.

What the f*ck possessed me to think this project would turn out well?

8/20/12

Con Edison Building


Taking up most of the block between 14th & 15th Sts. and Irving Pl. & 3rd Ave., the three faces of the building (minus the end facing 3rd) share features but aren't identical.  Above, on 15th St.; below left and just below it, parts of the 14th St. face.






8/14/12

Conspicuous Construction


Or reconstruction.  Above, looking south a while ago from the Brooklyn end of the Williamsburg Bridge.  Just below l-r: (1) near Courthouse Square in Long Island City.  And three Greenpoint sights: (2) on Kingsland Ave., (3) on Greenpoint Ave., and (4) at Greenpoint Ave. & Newtown Creek.



Just above l-r: (1) in the 90s on the Upper West Side, (2) behind the building up top, (3) rope work at 1st Ave. & 23rd St.  Just below l-r: (1) 10th St. off University Place, (2) WTC 3 rising behind 2 Rector St., and (3) more rope work at Lexington Ave. & 34th St.



Just above l-r: (1) 275 Madison Ave., (2) the bottom of 5th Ave. from Washington Square, (3) on 5th Ave. near 27th St., and (4) Central Park South from the park.  Just below l-r: (1) on 42nd St. at Vanderbilt Ave., (2 & 3) Brooklyn Bridge construction from Water St., and (4) Irving Place & 19th St.


And finally, below, on Broadway near 12th St. a while ago.