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May 31, 2013

New York from the air: Jason Hawkes photographs the Manhattan skyline (16pics)


 Renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes flys above The Big Apple in a helicopter photographing famous landmarks such as the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the 911 memorial and the Freedom Tower.

Looking down onto the The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, 911 Memorial, which commemorates the September 11 attacks of 2001.
 Battery Park and the Financial District.
 Looking South West from Central Park across midtown with the 1774ft 1 World Trade Centre in the far distance.
 Looking down onto The Chrysler Building at sunset.
 The Freedom Tower , 1 World Trade Centre, at 104 floors the 1777ft tall building is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.
 Cranes atop the The Freedom Tower , 1 World Trade Centre, at night.
 Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, New York.
 A single tre atop a building in midtown.
 The iconic Empire State building with midtown and Central park in the distance.
 Night aerial view looking down onto The Helmsley Building at 230 Park Avenue on the left and 383 Madison Avenue on the right of the image.
Tourists enjoying the amazing view from the 1454 ft Empire State building.
 A close up of traffic crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.
 The Statue of Liberty at dusk.
Trains and tracks at the West Side Yard owned by Metropolitan Transportation.
Towering above the rest of the Financial District is the newly constructed The Freedom Tower , 1 World Trade Centre with Governors Island in the background.
Night aerial view over midtown with the The Citigroup Centre and its 45° angled roof (formerly Citicorp Centre now 601 Lexington Avenue) on 53rd Street in the foreground and the Empire State in blue and red lighting in the background.

1 comment:

  1. What a benighted wasteland. Nothing could induce me to live in such a dead space.

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