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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Lever House

390 Park Avenue

Designed in 1952 by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill in the International Style, Lever House embodies the metal and glass curtain exterior walls by Mies van der Rohe, and stands off the ground on "pilotis" reminiscent of Le Corbusier.

This blog started with need for aerobic exercise. I began taking long walks in the city. Following a limited number of routes and seeing the same store fronts every time out, I turned my gaze elsewhere -- and eventually up.

I discovered a city I never knew existed. Many of the buildings, which were hidden by rather banal store fronts at ground level, displayed a sculptural beauty when you looked up.

Doing some research on the buildings, and adding my camera to the walks resulted in this photo project. My initial intent was solely for personal pleasure but that quickly morphed into this blog, and perhaps some future photo books on aspects of old New York.

I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do taking them.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012