Web of Struts

04 June, 2024

The reconstruction of the World Trade Center in downtown New York City included a new under-street pedestrian walkway leading from the new Oculus transit hub to the World Financial Center with the Winter Garden atrium and mall. At the top of the escalators leading into the building, the support columns are adorned with an interwoven lattice of struts, giving a web-like feel, shown in this photographic detail.

Stones and Gold

04 June, 2024

Wayfarers Chapel, also known as “The Glass Church”, is located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on a bluff high above the Pacific Ocean. The uniquely beautiful Chapel was designed by Lloyd Wright (son of Frank Lloyd Wright), and completed in 1951. With its glass walls and roof, it blended perfectly into the nature around it. This photo shows a detail of the steeple, which was a later addition to the chapel Sadly, it has recently been permanently closed due to landslides and shifting ground. Its architectural importance and position on the National Register of Historic Places has fortunately allowed that…

Lit From Above

04 June, 2024

These unique glass elements on many New York City sidewalks, are known as vault lights. They were first introduced in the 1840’s, to allow sunlight to filter into basement factories below the sidewalks in the SoHo and TriBeCa neighborhoods. Many still exist in the city, in a number of areas, since they are protected by lengthy review processes to have them removed. They are so iconic, I can’t imagine why anyone would want to remove them!

Lightrays

04 June, 2024

This is light fixture on board the Ticonderoga Steamboat, which is on permanent exhibition at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. The ‘Ti’, as she is known, was launched in 1906, and operated as a day boat on Lake Champlain, serving ports along the New York and Vermont shores until 1953.

Seafood Signage

04 June, 2024

Canetti’s was a fabled down to earth San Pedro seafood dining institution, located along the old fishing waterfront. In it’s heyday, it was the site of numerous movie shoots, however with time, fewer and fewer fishing boats moored alongside, and with restaurant industry changes, in 2010 the restaurant closed its doors. The restaurant signage, pictured here, was saved and is on display in the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, a good reminder to those who loved the diner.

Highline Bench

08 April, 2024

The Highline Park in New York City is situated along a disused elevated rail line, which, in its day, carried trains transporting supplies to the many manufacturing industries on the west side of Manhattan. The repurposed lines now have beautiful winding paths through the gardens all along the miles of park. The benches are a modern sleek design and this image is a detail from one of those benches.

High Flying Museum

08 April, 2024

Adjacent to the Santa Monica airport in California, you will find the ‘Museum of Flying’, which houses a number of aircraft representing flight through the ages, including a DC3 soaring above the entrance, and even the foremost extremity of a cargo jet attached to the building. I loved the shadow and light play of the neon signage and lettering against the vertical geometric metal facade.

Exit Here

08 April, 2024

The fully-automated container terminal in the Port of Long Beach, California – the first of its kind in the world – is a fascinating place where you can see self-driving trailers and automated cranes moving rapidly and seamlessly across the yard, efficiently moving the thousands of containers from ship to truck. Trucks which have been loaded up then exit the yard through the area shown in the photo. I was fascinated by the geometry created by the pillars, booms and shadows.

Broadstrokes

07 April, 2024

The angled geometric white facade of the Broad contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, matches the wide array of modern and dramatic pieces it houses in artistic value. This detail is just a small part of that dramatic exterior.

Beautifully Barred

07 April, 2024

Venice, Italy has a way of making everything stylish, even something as everyday and mundane as the bars on the window of a palazzo, as can be seen in this ornate and stylish architectural detail.