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translation: The Eye Of God. Marialuisa Tadei, 2007, exterior, College Of Law, Florida International University, University Park, Florida, USA, mosaic
Workers begin preparations to install a new oculus in the Rotunda as part of continuing renovations.
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.
Workers begin preparations to install a new oculus in the Rotunda as part of continuing renovations.
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?