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The dramatic portico of the U.S Federal Reserve Bank at 101 Market Street in San Francisco, California. This 12-story structure, built in 1982, is located in the financial business district of San Francisco, sometimes referred to as "FiDi". The District is home to the city's largest concentration of corporate headquarters, law firms, banks, savings & loans and other financial institutions.
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Brand new Pier 17 and say goodbye to the old South Street Seaport
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The Statue of Liberty viewed from the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, southern tip of Manhattan in New York City
The copper statue, a gift from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel.
The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals), the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken shackle and chain lie at her feet as she walks forward, commemorating the recent national abolition of slavery. After its dedication, the statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.
Bartholdi was inspired by a French law professor and politician, Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to U.S. independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples. The Franco-Prussian War delayed progress until 1875, when Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the United States provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions.
The statue was built in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloe's Island. The statue's completion was marked by New York's first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland.
The statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1901 and then by the Department of War; since 1933 it has been maintained by the National Park Service as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and is a major tourist attraction. Limited numbers of visitors can access the rim of the pedestal and the interior of the statue's crown from within; public access to the torch has been barred since 1916.
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Curving canyon views of Wall Street. The Fidi area of Lower Manhattan has a beautiful collection of Beaux arts styled buildings from the 1920's era of skyscraper architecture.
Broadway, FiDi
Lower Manhattan
New York City, September 2024
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Taken from the most unfamiliar place that felt like home - I can only hope to feel as cozy and content as the clouds nestled on the horizon.
The 9/11 Memorial in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, southern tip of Manhattan in New York City
It commemorates the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. It is operated by a non-profit institution whose mission is to raise funds for, program, and operate the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site.
A memorial was planned in the immediate aftermath of the attacks and destruction of the World Trade Center for the victims and those involved in rescue and recovery operations. The winner of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was architect Michael Arad of Handel Architects, a New York City and San Francisco-based firm.
Arad worked with landscape-architecture firm Peter Walker and Partners on the design, creating a forest of swamp white oak trees with two square reflecting pools in the centre marking where the Twin Towers stood.
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I had a chance to bring my camera to work with me to grab some shots of the city from a rooftop 40 floors above Lower Manhattan. By chance there were workers rappelling on another skyscraper's rooftop as I was setting up my camera. They seemed to be higher than the rooftop I was on so I grabbed my telephoto lens and captured a few shots of them busy at work over 500ft. above the streets of the Financial District. The thought alone was enough to turn my legs into noodles and make my palms sweat. I was in a secure location on the rooftop but that didn't stop me from feeling a bit weezy watching them through my zoom lens. As the title says that line of work is not for everyone.
Below I added a couple of other shots so you can get a sense of the scale of the building & to see how high up they were. Zoom in to see the details of the work being done and of course the classic 1920's architecture of Lower Manhattan.
Sony A7IV + Sigma 16-28mm f2.8
f13 16mm ISO 200 13"
This is really called the Beaver building, but to anyone who has seen John Wick, they know it by another name. I wish I could have been here during the day in the rain, to make it feel more like how it's seen in the movies.
Looking southwest-ish over Seward Park, Lower East Side, towards the FiDi / Civic Center areas. Buildings I can ID (L to R) are 7 Essex St., the Jarmulowsky Bank building, Confucius Plaza apartments, 26 Federal Plaza... and further back towards the right are (I think) 7 Thomas St. and the jaggedly 56 Leonard St. Feel free to ID any that I left out or correct any that I mis-identified.
Wall Street, FiDi
Lower Manhattan
New York City, September 2024
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Chantilly arts et élégance 2016
SVX895M
châssis : B310179 / D
L'un des 16 seuls
Fidia ,
déssinée par Giorgetto Giugiaro
était le seul modèle à quatre portes produit par Iso Automoveicoli Spa, dont 192 ont été fabriqués entre 1967 et 1975. Le matériel de vente portait le slogan "Le quattro poltrone piu veloce del mondo" - "les quatre plus rapides sièges dans le monde ». L'intérieur luxueux était remarquable pour son bois poli et son cuir cousu à la main, mais les coûts de développement élevés poussaient le prix d'achat au-dessus de celui d'une Rolls-Royce contemporaine. Ce n’est pas que cela ait dissuadé les riches et les célébrités - le deuxième exemple a été acheté par John Lennon. Les premières versions étaient équipées de moteurs Chevrolet de 5,4 litres et, plus tard, de 5,7 litres de Ford et de boîtes de vitesses manuelles ZF ou de boîtes de vitesses automatiques «Cruise-O-Matic» de Ford.
Seulement 16 Fidia étaient réputées équipées de la conduite à droite , dont sept étaient alimentées par Ford et il en restait peu
Doté d'une combinaison Mid Metallic Blue et de garnitures intérieures en cuir champagne,
le modèle 'SVX 895M' a été fabriqué en juillet 1973 avec les options supplémentaires suivantes: carter d'huile de grande capacité, refroidisseur d'huile, allumage électronique, direction assistée, transmission automatique, Michelin pneus, ceintures de sécurité et toit ouvrant électrique. Il a été importé au Royaume-Uni par les concessionnaires Lancia Wood et Krailing. Le concessionnaire importateur et Chris Lackner, président du club des propriétaires Iso & Bizzarrini au Royaume-Uni, comptent parmi ses quatre détenteurs précédents.