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| North End Avenue / Vesey Street, New York - June 28 2012.
One World Trade
Center: New Tower Already Source Of Hope
By Amanda Crum
One World Trade
Center: four words that bring on a wave of heartache, memories, love, fear, and
pain to just about every American. In New York, the dramatically altered
skyline has gradually been accepted, if only because the knowledge that the
dark recesses of sky would be filled once again.
While the new tower
won’t be completed until 2014, its bones are there, reaching up into the
atmosphere with the strength of all the survivors and the families of those who
lost their lives eleven years ago today. And while there have been many delays
and agonizing months of re-planning, developers are happy to say that the new
building incorporates the safety features and security measures it desperately
needed while incorporating itself into the layout of the city better than the
original tower did. New streets will be opened up, creating a better planned
space than what was there before.
“It is not finished,
but we have created a place that is much more like the rest of New York than
the old World Trade Center — much more pedestrian friendly,” said Janno
Lieber, Trade Center project director.
As far as security
goes, the new building will feature a windowless base which encompasses the
first eleven stories and is strong enough to withstand car bombs. There will
also be over 600 police officers assigned to protect the World Trade Center
buildings. Among other things, this news is a comfort to the people of New
York; however, seeing the new structure standing proudly 1,368 feet in the air
does them a world of good, as well.
“The tall buildings
make you feel good,” said Michael Keane, who fled the collapsing towers on
9/11. “We had suffered for a long time.”
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Showing posts with label Architectural. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architectural. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
One World Trade Center
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Shenandoah
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The Shenandoah at 10 Sheridan Square is a favorite doorman building in the village. The gothic structure was designed by Emory Roth and built in 1929. Fortunately, the original details are well preserved, making the historic structure stand out in the exclusive Sheridan Square location. The lobby has a gothic church feel and the entire original detail has been kept, which is very rare for a 100% rental building. It actually feels like a co-op and is kept like a private ownership building. The higher floor apartments soar above the neighboring buildings and you get amazing views. The casement windows are also brand new and the apartments are pin-drop quite. [Lyon Porter] |
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| Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library |
To see is to forget
the name of the thing one sees. - Paul Valery
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Lines
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
III
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-What are you shooting? -Everything... plants, flowers, trees, people, kids... -Why? -I don't know... -Do you want a photo? -No -Well.. Yes! |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Summertime II
Zen and the Art of
Photography
Wayne Rowe California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Driven by a passion
for photography and a fascination with the Zen Buddhist
philosophy,
the author
conceptually and experientially examines the relationship
between Zen Buddhism
and the art of photography.
Among the subjects
discussed:
What is the
relationship between haiku and photography?
What is the
relationship between the mind of the photographer while creating a photograph
and the Zen concept of the Empty Mind?
What role does
intuition and feeling play in photography?
In Zen?
Through examination
of these concepts and relationships,
the author explains
the heightened awareness, joy,
and enlightenment he
has experienced through photography
and suggests ways
that others may share in
the creative process.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Colour Factory
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“You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its
dissidents,
Not the freedom it gives its assimilated
conformists.”
~Abbie Hoffman
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters
or the slaves.
~Herbert Marcuse. One-dimensional man.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Timeless
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“Dip him in the river who loves water.”
William Blake
"Sumerge en el río a aquel que ama
el agua."
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Saturday Celebration
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Talks and Writings of G. I. Gurdjieff
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN CAN BE TAKEN
AS THE DEVELOPMENT IN HIM of those powers and possibilities which never
develop by themselves, that is, mechanically. Only this kind of development,
only this kind of growth, marks the real evolution of man. There is, and there
can be, no other kind of evolution whatever.…
In speaking of evolution it is necessary to understand from the outset that no mechanical evolution is possible. The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness. And ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily. The evolution of man is the evolution of his power of doing, and ‘doing’ cannot be the result of things which ‘happen.’
IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, pp. 56, 58
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