United Nations General Assembly Building, NYC, 2021 All the pixels, each with diplomatic immunity, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51#photography

A glass curtain mid-century modernist office building, with a plaza and fountain in front.
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[–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

I have mixed feelings about Le Corbusier's architecture (to say nothing of his urban planning philosophy - he clearly influenced Robert Moses), but I think the UN Secretariat building was one of his successes.An aside: If you look at the full resolution version (downloadable on flickr), you can see the HF amateur radio antenna on the roof. Nerds are everywhere, even/especially at the UN. There's also a family taking a group picture on the street in front.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @mattblaze My two favorite books on architecture are "How Buildings Learn" by Stewart Brand and "From Bauhaus to Our House" by Tom Wolfe. In MNSHO, slab-faced, steel and glass boxes are far from pretty. It is a great photo however. Thanks for sharing the background.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @mattblaze Highly unlikely I'll ever see that in person, but:1. That's a magnificent photo in full resolution, thank you for sharing it2. That's a magnificent building. Not only for how it looks, but for what it contains. The UN may not be perfect, but it's the only UN we have.

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