Tuesday, 13 December 2011

A Manhattan project

This tower block in Manhattan, just as you come across the Williamsburg bridge, is pretty incredible.

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  1. Glorious. Almost Soviet in its majesty.

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  2. Teeny, tiny windows though - a modern architectural disease sadly.

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  3. What is this estate called?

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  4. That's a really imposing building. I make it 39 storeys. I tried to find it on Streetview but couldn't -- do you have any more info about the location or the name of the block?

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  5. North Korea should be proud.

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  6. This is Confucius Plaza on Bowery, just south of Manhattan Bridge:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Plaza

    Google StreetView: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=40.715,-73.996715&spn=0.003521,0.007167&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.715,-73.996715&panoid=cxD3aNsSHI-rUPJM5Znfbg&cbp=13,143.53,,0,-37.71

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  7. A correction to my previous post, this is south of where the Manhattan Bridge exit connects with Bowery and Canal Street, it is north of the actual bridge.

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