Monthly Archives: October 2012

Aerial photo of the week: Fifth Avenue, New York

View of Fifth Avenue, Central Park and the Upper Easts Side, from a roof-top on 55th Street. The Pierre Hotel tower is at right. 3 days before Hurricane Sandy.

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Aerial photo of the week: Harvard, MA autumn

Autumn aerial view with early morning sunlight, Harvard, Mass.

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Aerial photo of the week: Boston, 1860 + reprise

First aerial photograph in the US, by J. W. Black, Oct 13, 1860. Ambrotype print from a wet-plate negative. Old South Meeting House is at the middle left. Washington Street cuts across lower third. Central Wharf (now Aquarium) top left.  My … Continue reading

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Aerial photo of the week: Boston, 1860

First successful aerial photograph in the US, by J. W. Black, Oct 13, 1860. Ambrotype print from a wet-plate negative. Old South Meeting House is at the middle left.  More detail on this image, and my “same view” photograph made Oct … Continue reading

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aerial / architecture photograph of the week

Customs House Tower, aerial view. (Peabody & Stearns = architect, 1913).  60 State Street on right, 75 State St. on left. © Steve Dunwell

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