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Sunday, January 17, 2010

MONOCHROME MONDAY - 'THE GREAT ABOMINATION' ON ASTOR PLACE


Dubbed 'The Great Abomination' on Astor Place, New York (according to artist Doug Blanchard's blog COUNTERLIGHT'S PECULIARS) this building, completed in 2009, dominates the view of 4th Avenue, where Lafayette and the Bowery come together.       However, 'The Great Abomination' offers passers by a mesmerizing, ever changing facade of moving reflected shapes and, to the photographer, numerous choices of combinations of shots, when traffic allows.  One move to the right or left, backward or forward, and the favored pattern is gone!  




                


                                    

                                
It is not the only ugly new building that has lately appeared in the neighborhood.    But that is a story for
another day!


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  1. Regina January 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    Fantastic!

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  2. Rinkly RimesJanuary 17, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    It can't be SUCH an abomination if it offers passers-by such unusual reflections! The first photograph seems like a puzzle on first viewing.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2010 at 11:49 PM

    I guess shimmering reflections are better than sheer opacity.

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  4. jabblogJanuary 18, 2010 at 6:20 AM

    Ugly it is but you have captured the beauty to be found there. Great shots!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    Excellent B&W images and commentary Margaret. I'm a retired architect and never cared for the wholesale use of reflecting glass. Maybe the architect needed to reflect his neighbor's creativity because he lacked it himself?

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