Queensborough (59th Street) Bridge, NYC, 2019.All the pixels, no congestion charges, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/48#photography

A large cantilever bridge, illuminated along its superstructure, at night.
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[–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

Officially the "Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge" but more generally simply the "59th Street Bridge", the view from Sutton Place at 58th Street on the Manhattan side is probably as flattering and uncluttered a perspective as you'll find for this piece of NYC infrastructure.Immortalized in song by Simon and Garfunkel, in literature by Fitzgerald, and in cinema by Woody Allen, something about this bridge exemplifies the glamor and bustle of 20th century New York in a way that still holds up.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (4 children)

    "The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world."- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    This is part of my "slightly better photos of local attractions than you'd typically find hanging in your hotel room" series.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @mattblaze Interesting point… just checked the license, and… well, thanks! CC nd/nc (i.e. “don’t butcher it, don’t profit from it”) means that I could indeed print it for myself and hang it up in that apartment of mine that feels like a hotel room - to make it feel more like a hotel room 😅On a more serious note though… coming by highres photography suitable for framing is surprisingly hard, and we’re not even talking about “well shot”. So yeah, uhm. Thanks for sharing!

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