Roving Rube Picture of the Day
Each day (that he gets around to it) the Rube posts a new picture, together with some explanatory notes. Clicking on the file will download a larger version (which you are encouraged to right-click on and "Set as Wallpaper"!)
10/29/01
Glossy Glass
1675 Broadway (at 52nd) is one of my favorite buildings for 3 reasons: its coloring (left); the illusion that the windows are projecting out on terraces created by the light and dark banding (bottom right); and the extreme glossiness of the windows -- it almost seems like they're wet.
The current AIA Guide to NYC notes that this building's "daytime glass is visually solid, and nighttime glass a see-through negligee".