Lincoln Tunnel Land Ventilation Tower, 491 11th Ave, NYC, 2025.
All the pixels, none of the traffic, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54365775629
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Lincoln Tunnel Land Ventilation Tower, 491 11th Ave, NYC, 2025.
All the pixels, none of the traffic, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54365775629
#photography
Manhattan boasts six large ventilation towers serving the four automobile tunnels that cross the Hudson and East Rivers: two each for the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, and one each for the Queens-Midtown and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels.
All sport an industrial art deco design reflecting their early/mid 20th century construction. Their large scale and lack of windows lends them an air of mystery; the exterior of the Battery Tunnel building was used as the secret HQ in the Men in Black films.
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“Was”? Did they move their HQ?
There are also ventilation structures for the various railroad and subway tunnels that cross the NYC rivers, but their smaller size makes them less prominent. (The electric trains that use these tunnels don’t produce exhaust that has to be as aggressively vented as in an automotive tunnel).
Let me also just mention that photographing buildings from across the street during the day in midtown Manhattan is like playing a video game in “extreme hardcore” mode.
@mattblaze@federate.social Frogger?
@mattblaze@federate.social Frogger but for photons?