Cityscapes
Show summaries onlySunset, Windhoek
A view of Windhoek city at twilight, from the balcony of my room at the Fürstenhof Hotel.
Sunset on the last day of my holiday, looking over Windhoek.
Windhoek, Namibia. 5 July 2001.
Seattle: Elegant, expensive, grey
The square in the middle of Seattle.
Seattle is quite an elegant city, where the buildings rather reminded me of Melbourne.
Seattle, where it’s so grey that the street lights stay on during the day.
Nordstrom, where the Australian dollar goes even less far than anywhere else in Seattle.
The “Fourth and Pike” Building, the building at, well, the corner of Fourth and Pike.
Pike Place Markets.
Pike Place Markets 2
Pike Place Markets.
Melbourne Tower, Seattle. As far as I’m aware, there is no Seattle Tower in Melbourne.
Four Seasons hotel, near Rainier Square. Microsoft had MVPs staying at five hotels around Seattle. Most of us were at the Four Seasons. It’s a charming hotel.
From Rainer Square looking down to the water, Seattle.
Seattle, WA, USA. February 2003
Avenue of the Americas on Sunday afternoon
On Sunday afternoon, the Avenue of the Americas and some surrounding streets were closed to traffic and turned into a market.
One of the big differences I noticed in New York since my previous visit was the increased number of police in evidence throughout the city.
Radio City
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA. 19 October 2003.
Bryant Park
Forty-second Street from Bryant Park
Back of the New York Public Library, from Bryant Park
Bryant Park, New York, NY, USA. 19 October 2003.
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building (my favourite of the New York skyscrapers).
Chrysler Building from 42nd Street, New York, NY, USA. 19 October 2003.
World Financial Center
The four towers of the World Financial Center, in Battery Park, across the road from the World Trade Center site in New York.
Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. 20 October 2003.
Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building
Empire State Building, with the Met Life building in the background on the left, and the Chrysler Building in the background on the right
New York, NY, USA. 20 October 2003.
Chrysler Building
Chrysler Building. The Chrysler Building is absolutely my favourite New York skyscraper.
New York, NY, USA. 20 October 2003.
UN Building
UN Building on the East River
East River, New York, NY, USA. 20 October 2003.
Lock at the north of Manhattan
Lock at the north of Manhattan, looking to the New Jersey coast
Harlem River, New York, NY, USA. 20 October 2003.
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