New York City skyline and Central Park from above.
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When the day stretches out
leaving a trail of sighs
in its wake,
the sky
and the infinite
slowly implode
folding themselves into one another
until all that is left
is a never-ending horizon
reaching out towards
the rest of forever.
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This is a view of Central Park and the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan as seen from above. It was taken with the Sony A77 from the top of the Empire State Building on an impossibly perfect morning. Upper Manhattan sits in the distance with the Chrysler Building and Queens to the right. The trees of Bryant Park are peeking out in the bottom-left part of this image.
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The Chrysler Building. New York City.
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And out of the earth rose the monoliths: giant world pillars rising up to greet the sun and sky.
As the sun kissed their spires with its luminous glow, the shadows embraced the streets below.
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Giant red ornaments and holiday decorations on 6th Avenue. Midtown, New York City.
I have something to confess. I grew up in a household that didn’t celebrate holidays. Every winter, I would longingly imagine having a giant Christmas tree to decorate, holiday lights to string up everywhere: twinkling like little stars scattering their dream-warmth everywhere.
When I first moved out of my parent’s house at 18, I decorated the first few rooms I lived in with an abundance of holiday lights. I strung them up with great gusto along my walls year round. I spent a few years celebrating Christmas with wide-eyed wonder. Decorating a tree had never been such a joy (I still have a special love for Bing Crosby’s crooning renditions of Christmas carols).
Over the years, I haven’t really been too into holidays in general. I still have a flair for decorating my apartment but I can’t remember the last time I had a tree or even did any sort of festive decorating of my own.
What is most amusing is how absolutely into New York City holiday decorations I have been over the past few years. I eagerly wait for the beginning of December because I know that Rockefeller Center and surrounding areas of midtown Manhattan will be dolled up in their holiday finest. Tree branches are entirely ensconced with holiday lights, giant ornaments sit stop golden fountains and even street food vendors go out of their way to accessorize their food stands with holiday decorations.
The crowning glory of holiday decorating belongs to Rockefeller Center, of course (you can bet that I have tons of photos I have taken of the decorations and tree there that I will post! I have used some of them in my New York City Holiday Card designs). However, this display on 6th Avenue close to Rockefeller Center is also one of my favorites. I love how sense of scale is shifted. Giant red ornament balls sit on a fountain and everyone is dwarfed by the sheer majesty of the display.
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Slivers of light at night. Midtown, New York City
At night, light illuminates edges of buildings in distinct slivers that stand out in the darkness like shards of glass on the floor of a moonlit room.
The night sky hangs over the city blanketing it in silence and the sound of solitary breaths eclipses the faint concrete-dampened sound of weary walkers making their way to the embrace of their waiting beds.
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The Midtown skyline looking towards Downtown from above. Midtown, New York City.
The New York City skyline never ceases to amaze me. There is always a new view or another vantage point that provides a view that takes my breath away.
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