Towards the end of July I found myself in Manhattan again – this time to meet and have lunch with a visitor from Geneva. I took these pictures while on the way to the restaurant.
Above escalators in Grand Central Terminal.
US Flag at Grand Central.
Woman with a red bag.
In the background: The MetLife Building (also 200 Park Avenue and formerly the Pan Am Building), a skyscraper at Park Avenue and 45th Street, north of Grand Central Terminal, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi, the MetLife Building is 808 feet (246 m) tall with 59 stories. In the Pan Am days the roof was used for a while as a heliport. However, on May 16, 1977, about one minute after an S-61L landed and its 20 passengers disembarked, the right front landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to topple onto its side with the rotors still turning. One of the five 20-foot (6.1 m) blades detached, killing four men who were waiting to board, then fell to the ground, where it killed a woman on the corner of Madison Avenue and 43rd Street. Two other people were seriously injured. Helicopter service was suspended that day and never resumed.
In the foreground: The Helmsley Building, a 35-story building at 230 Park Avenue between East 45th and 46th streets in Midtown Manhattan, just north of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It was built in 1929 as the New York Central Building and was designed by Warren & Wetmore in the Beaux-Arts style. It was the tallest structure in the “Terminal City” complex around Grand Central prior to the completion of what is now the MetLife Building.
The Helmsley Building carries vehicular traffic through its base: traffic exits and enters the Park Avenue Viaduct through two portals passing under the building. The lobby of the building is between the vehicular portals. Flanking the viaduct’s ramps are passageways connecting 45th and 46th streets, with entrances to Grand Central Terminal.
Taken with a Fuji X-E1 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II