HAWTsHAWT: Mercantile Building
I take photos like a madman. I click gigabytes like they were...
bytes. In this massive collection, I've got some decent sHAWTs
(statistics, really). I'm sharing them with you in this series: HAWTsHAWT [hot shot].
I
get a bit behind on the posts, what with life getting in the way.
Maybe I'll take a chance to highlight some beautiful architecture in my
home town, NYC. Chances are you, even New Yorkers haven't noticed the
beauty you are about to see.
I
get a bit behind on the posts, what with life getting in the way.
Maybe I'll take a chance to highlight some beautiful architecture in my
home town, NYC. Chances are you, even New Yorkers haven't noticed the
beauty you are about to see.
Click on the image for a big version you can download to your computer.
Just east of Bryant Park (oh, hot bed of beautiful buildings) sits the Mercantile Building. It's known by many names. It started as the Chase Tower and is now best known as 10 E 40th St. Whatever name you give it, it's a sassy one.
It's hard to garner attention when you're in the same shot as the Radiator Building (American Standard), Empire State Building, Chrysler, 500 5th Ave, Grace Building, Bank of America... but the Mercantile always catches my attention. When I finally set the zoom lens on this bad guy, I captured the top and lost my mind. The detail is incredible. The brick work is an example of the quality we just don't see anymore (as I look out my window at crap like the Silver Towers). The archways. The blue highlights. The eagles. The griffins?
Get out of here. What a gem.
Camera: Canon 40D
Photo by: John de Guzmán
Total HAWTaction [hot ak-shuh
n].
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