This Post Contains Four Images
Two images captured of the New York skyline were featured on my previous post. To change perspective, I drove closer to the George Washington Bridge, now 1/2 mile (.8 km) south, for this view from the edge of the Hudson River as twilight was approaching.
ABOVE, Left to right; CitiCorp Center, 7.1 mi. (11.4 km,) Height 915′ (279 m) opened 1977
432 Park Residential Building, 6.9 mi. (11.1 km) – 1396′ (426 m); 2015
Chrysler Building, 7.6 mi. (12.2 km); 1046′ (319 m); 1930
Met Life Building (Pan Am), 7.1 mi. (11.9 km); 808′ (246 m); 1963
Riverside Church, 3.3 mi. (5.3 km), 392′ (111 m); 1930 with Grant’s Tomb, 1897
Comcast (GE, 30 Rock, RCA) Building, 7.1 mi. (11.9 km); 850′ (260 m); 1933 (far right)
North River Treatment Plant, 2.3 mi. (3.7 km); 1985 (on river)
George Washington Bridge, 0.5 mi. (0.8 km); road: 212′ above Hudson; 1931
To keep from dying (the wickedly cold wind chill was brutal,) I was now shooting from my car, with the telephoto extending out the window for support. Since I thought no one else was in the area, I had driven off the road to a snow covered grassy area near the water.
Busily shooting away, I didn’t notice the Palisades Interstate Park Police cruiser, headlights on, approaching slowly from the road. It was now well after sunset, and the park was officially closed – a fact that had escaped me. For several reasons I was grateful for their leniency and appropriate scrutiny followed by a cordially-offered wave of approval. I’m sure the barrel of my lens pointed at the GWB could have been likened to something a little more threatening.
Giving me a few more minutes as the skyline grew increasingly more impressive, they eventully escorted me up to the top of the switchbacks where I drove to the Rockefeller Lookout, 2.3 miles further north and 400 feet (122 m) higher, on top of the cliffs.
ABOVE: The GW bridge cable and roadway lights are now visible in the lower part of this image, as seen from on top of the Palisades.
731 Lexington, 9.0 mi (14.5 km) from lookout, 806′ (246 m); 1985, is lit on top.
Trump World Tower, 9.8 mi. (15.7 km); 861′ (262 m); 2001, at far left.
BELOW: Centered Empire State Bldg., 10.2 miles (16.4 km) from lookout, 1220′ (372 m); 1931
One 57, to it’s left, 9.0 mi. (14.5 km), 1005′ (306m); 2014
BOA Tower, right of Empire State Bldg. 9.7 mi. (15.6 km), 1046′ (319 m); 2007
BELOW: a wide shot (as my fingers turned to ice,)
One World Trade Center -Freedom Tower, seen at the far right., 13.1 miles (21 km) from the Rockefeller Lookout, standing 1776 feet high (541 m), and listed as a 2014 completion.
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Acknowledgement to Wikipedia for info and data
Thanks for visiting, and as usual, comments are always welcome – M 🙂