at the entrance to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Columbus Circle, New York. (The Trump International building is visible in the background, left.)

nylons

Lobby, designed by Philippe Starck, of the Delano in South Beach

approach to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, spanning the Potomac River, in Alexandria, Va. (Washington, D.C. area).

A woman jogs up and down the steps at the church on Thomas Circle, Washington DC. (best viewed large)

Spectators wave and flash the thumbs-up moments after Michelle Obama passed by, waving from inside the Presidential limousine.

Outside Shinjuku Station, Tokyo

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407] THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS

Un film de : Sara Summa / Ben Roessler

École :

(02')

Tôt le matin je lis dans le journal les projets monumentaux de notre ère ; Ceux du Pape et des Rois, des banquiers et des magnats du pétrole ; Je surveille de l'autre oeil ; La casserole d'eau qui chauffe ; Comme elle se trouble et commence à bouillonner puis se calme de nouveau ; Et en débordant l'eau étrangle les flammes". BERTOLT BRECHT

Munich to Washington, D.C.

St. Regis Hotel (Starwood)

lobby, the Peninsula on 5th Ave. and 55th Street

Designer stores in Milan will deliver purchases to their customers' hotel lobbies like this. While I was sitting here, across from the concierge's desk, a courier came in and dropped off this Dolce & Gabbana bag.

The Aon Center at 200 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Formerly the Standard Oil Building and later, the Amoco Building.

83 floors, completed in 1973.

Internal Revenue Service office in midtown

Delta Shuttle's terminal at New York La Guardia International Airport

The Neiman's in Mazza Gallerie on Wisconsin Avenue, next to Maryland line, Friendship Heights, Washington, DC. (best viewed large)

vest and bow tie: the classic European café waiter's uniform

The old Pacific Coast Stock Exchange building on the corner of Sansome and Pine Streets, San Francisco. The exchange floor building was sold to private developers and now operates as an Equinox health club, but Wikipedia says the options trading floor in the adjacent Mills Building still operates. Hmm.

from 46th floor of Time-Warner Center (Mandarin Oriental Hotel)

(best viewed large)

Travelex exchange receipt USD to ¥.

Brake lights reflected on the ceiling of a tunnel in Washington, DC, during rush hour.

Mandarin Oriental, New York, 48th floor, facing Central Park

Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington DC. / IAD

They used to have these at the Delta Shuttle terminal too, but I don't see them there anymore.

Note (8/8/14): this is no longer the headquarters of MGM, which occupies a building off Wilshire and Beverly, Beverly Hills, Calif.

He's really savoring that cig

formally: the School of Mathematical Sciences

An outdoor "smoking lounge" in the Shinjuku district, Tokyo

The Peninsula, Chicago

shampoo