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Sunlight from the oculus, the open circle at the top of the oldest complete and unsupported concrete dome in the world, kissing the ceiling of the structure. The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, was built almost 2000 years ago.
Above Fulton Center (New York city's newest newest transit hub) sits this steel fabric "sky reflector net" which reflects and disperses natural lighting into the subway station below it.
Billed by MTA officials as "New York's Next Greatest Public Space", the Fulton Building is designed with a strong focus on retail with the Oculus serving as a major focal point.
On West Broadway and Vesey Streets, in Lower Manhattan.
As seen in "Gothamist," 4/26/22: gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-taylor-swift-fans-are-offe...
The new WTC station in Lower Manhattan. The ceiling with a skylight forms a structure known as the Oculus.
A concatedral or co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or "cathedra", with another cathedral. Ta, very much Wikipedia.
The $4 billion Oculus station house, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, consists of white ribs that interlock high above the ground. The interior of the station house contains two underground floors, which house part of the Westfield World Trade Center mall. The transportation hub connects the various modes of transportation in Lower Manhattan, from the Fulton Center in the east to the Battery Park City Ferry Terminal in the west, and includes connections to various New York City Subway stations. It is the fifth-busiest transportation hub in the New York metropolitan area.