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Inside of the Oculus Building in New York City

Gargoyle with mouth open above oculus window on top of Building 45th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue in Theater District - New York City 2011 NYC Baron Munchausen type mask face Booth Theatre

We were in New York City for the 2017 Photo Expo and decided to check out the $4 BILLION transportation hub called "The Oculus". Formally, it's known as "The World Trade Center Transportation Hub".

NYC: Battery Park City / Former WFC

 

Brookfield Place: View of WTC & Oculus

 

Leica M10 | Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH FLE

Winged dove or beached whale carcass? These are just two of the descriptions being used for the $4 billion structure that encloses the World Trade Center Transportation hub in New York.

 

Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, I think it is a beautiful glass and steel structure. Consider it a modern - very modern - Grand Central station update. People still gaze in awe at Grand Central and people will still gaze at this structure for decades to come.

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We completely geeked out at #ThirdThursMIA: Nerd Thursday.

 

We toured the galleries with The Tangential, got our game on with Source Comics and Games, made our own fantasy art with Taylor Baldry, connected art and science with special mini-tours, and dressed to impress in our best bow ties and suspenders.

 

Then, we forged our own pocket protectors, marveled at PowerPoint Karaoke, tested out Oculus Rift and other tech projects with Best Buy and the MIA, got crafy with the Crafty Geeks, and collaborated on cartooning with Autoptic.

TOOK IN the funky jams of Suzie the band.

 

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Workers begin preparations to install a new oculus in the Rotunda as part of continuing renovations.

Nikon D90 + Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 Aspherical AT-X 116 PRO DX

People by the World Trade Center reflecting pool with the Oculus in the background.

I am the Eye in the Sky...

 

In a previous photograph, 'Temple Sanctuary' I made a note on the circular feature high on the back wall, "What do you suppose went here?" Here is the answer: another Oculus window, to match the one in the front. Since 109 Blinman was built as a Jewish synagogue, originally the window would have held a leaded-glass Magen David, the six-pointed Star of David revered as a religious symbol.

 

The star window was probably removed from the frame in 1974, when the local Ohave Cholum Society merged with the Congregation Beth El and the building changed hands, sold to Spanish-American Cultural Real Estate, Inc., the organization that became Centro de la Comunidad.

 

If someone should replace the glass in the rear Oculus, should they also use a leaded glass design? What would the design look like?

One of the most amazing buildings I have ever seen - the size of the dome is just overwhelming!

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Looking up at the oculus in the main hall of the National Museum of the American Indian.

The transportation and shopping hub in lower Manhattan.

Sony A7i + Minolta MDIII 35-70/3.5 Macro

The transportation and shopping hub in lower Manhattan.

Oculus Launchpad 2017

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Photographer Nick Bookelaar

We were in New York City for the 2017 Photo Expo and decided to check out the $4 BILLION transportation hub called "The Oculus". Formally, it's known as "The World Trade Center Transportation Hub".

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This is the view you get when you enter the Oculus from East side at the Church Street entrance in downtown Manhattan.

Across the way is the Greenwich Street entrance.

 

It has three levels of roughly 365,000 square feet of retail space called the Westfield World Trade Center and was the largest shopping complex in Manhattan when it opened on August 16, 2016. It replaced the original 'Mall at the World Trade Center' complex that was under WTC 4 and 5.

 

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