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[railwayhistorical]

Empire State Building

Once again I’m atop a building on 22nd Street in Manhattan, looking uptown. We see, from left to right: the RCA Building, the Empire State Building, the Pan AM Building (by then MetLife), along with the Chrysler Building.

One image, scanned from a medium-format negative, by Richard Koenig; taken in the summer of 1995.

[railwayhistorical]

New York City Water Tanks

A common sight in Manhattan: old-school water tanks atop buildings. Fresh water is stored there, I believe from the Catskills, then drains into the building when needed. The water arrives via an aqueduct—also gravity fed as the Catskill Mountains are above The City, which lies at sea level. The aqueduct ducks under the Hudson River between Storm King and Breakneck; one can read about this amazing infrastructure here.

We are looking uptown from 22nd Street here—the RCA Building can be seen in the center of the second image.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken circa 1991 or 1992.

[railwayhistorical]

Manhattan Night

These two images were taken from the roof of a building on 22nd Street, looking uptown toward midtown. Beyond the main subject here, the Empire State Building, is another icon of the Manhattan skyline—the RCA Building. It can be seen just to the left of the Empire State Building, bathed in light.

At the time of this photograph, the RCA Building had been renamed the GE Building, and would eventually be known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Also at this time: the ESB stood out in the area between the downtown cluster of skyscrapers and the midtown cluster. Since then, the skyline has grown considerably to give it less prominence.

The Empire State Building is located between 33rd and 34th Streets, and the RCA building between 49th and 50th Streets—while both are between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken in December of 1994.

[tonyhurtado]

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[otomasbell]

My fellow Albanians understand. #nipper #rcadog #rcabuilding

[angelasolo]

Sometimes the parking lot of your photo studio is more beautiful than the subjects inside. #montreal #monochrome #blackandwhite #night #cellphonephotography #rcabuilding