{"id":1837,"date":"2010-09-17T09:14:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T14:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2014-12-14T20:48:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T01:48:17","slug":"skylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/17\/skylines\/","title":{"rendered":"Skylines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1839\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-twilight-manhattan.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1839\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1839 \" title=\"fredhatt-2006-twilight-manhattan\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-twilight-manhattan.jpg?resize=600%2C395\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-twilight-manhattan.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-twilight-manhattan.jpg?resize=300%2C197 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twilight Manhattan, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You have to get a little outside of it to get good views of Manhattan&#8217;s famous skyline.\u00a0 The view above is from a Tribeca highrise apartment balcony.\u00a0 The one below is from across the East River in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1840\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-dead-end.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1840\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1840\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-dead-end\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-dead-end.jpg?resize=600%2C310\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-dead-end.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-dead-end.jpg?resize=300%2C155 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dead End, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Atop a bridge you&#8217;re both high and outside, as in this view from the approach to the Queensboro Bridge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1841\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-bridge-approach.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1841\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1841\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-bridge-approach\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-bridge-approach.jpg?resize=600%2C331\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-bridge-approach.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-bridge-approach.jpg?resize=300%2C165 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bridge Approach, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can get a good view from under a bridge too.\u00a0 Here the framing structure is the Manhattan Bridge.\u00a0 The lighted arc of cables further back is the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1844\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-framing-bridge.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1844 \" title=\"fredhatt-2005-framing-bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-framing-bridge.jpg?resize=500%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-framing-bridge.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-framing-bridge.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-framing-bridge.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Framing Bridge, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can have this view from your apartment, if you are a billionaire.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1842\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-central-park-view.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1842\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1842\" title=\"fredhatt-2004-central-park-view\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-central-park-view.jpg?resize=600%2C334\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-central-park-view.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-central-park-view.jpg?resize=300%2C167 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central Park View, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The skyline is such an iconic way of seeing New York that even an image of disaster takes the form of a skyline.\u00a0 This is a photomural, inside a building in lower Manhattan, of the smoldering pile of the World Trade Center following the 9\/11 attack.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1843\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-9-11-mural.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1843\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-9-11-mural\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-9-11-mural.jpg?resize=600%2C217\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-9-11-mural.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-9-11-mural.jpg?resize=300%2C108 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9\/11 Mural, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New Yorkers, used to the familiar outline of the Twin Towers, felt there was a hole in the skyline.\u00a0 Every year around the anniversary, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tribute_in_Light\" target=\"_blank\">beams of light<\/a> rise in place of the missing towers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1845\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-converging-beams.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1845\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-converging-beams\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-converging-beams.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-converging-beams.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-converging-beams.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Converging Beams, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another type of memorial that creates a skyline is the gathering of gravestones in a cemetery.\u00a0 Here, the buildings of midtown Manhattan in the background blend in with the stone slabs and columns of Queens&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calvary_Cemetery,_Queens\" target=\"_blank\">Calvary Cemetery<\/a> in the foreground.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1846\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-cemetery-skyline.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1846\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1846\" title=\"fredhatt-2004-cemetery-skyline\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-cemetery-skyline.jpg?resize=600%2C318\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-cemetery-skyline.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-cemetery-skyline.jpg?resize=300%2C159 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cemetery Skyline, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taking a closer view of the contours where the buildings of Manhattan touch the sky, wooden water towers are a distinctive feature of the lower-rise portions of the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1848\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-water-tower-rooftops.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1848\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1848\" title=\"fredhatt-2007-water-tower-rooftops\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-water-tower-rooftops.jpg?resize=600%2C255\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-water-tower-rooftops.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-water-tower-rooftops.jpg?resize=300%2C127 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water Tower Rooftops, 2007, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sky silhouette seen in the outer boroughs of New York often includes church spires, clotheslines, and satellite dishes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1849\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-laundry-spires.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1849\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1849\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-laundry-&amp;-spires\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-laundry-spires.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-laundry-spires.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-laundry-spires.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laundry and Spires, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes you can see a skyline by looking downward.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1851\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-reflected-towers.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1851\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1851\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-reflected-towers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-reflected-towers.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-reflected-towers.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-reflected-towers.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflected Towers, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The mirrored skyline lends a certain quality of serenity to this view of an industrial wasteland.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1852\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-newtown-creek-skyline.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1852\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-newtown-creek-skyline\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-newtown-creek-skyline.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-newtown-creek-skyline.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-newtown-creek-skyline.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newtown Creek Skyline, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Contrasting shapes meet the sky here where a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iacbuilding.com\/interactive\/content.html\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Gehry-designed office building<\/a> in white glass rises next to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">High Line<\/a>, an elevated freight track converted into a park.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1854\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2009-gehry-construction.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"fredhatt-2009-gehry-&amp;-construction\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2009-gehry-construction.jpg?resize=600%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2009-gehry-construction.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2009-gehry-construction.jpg?resize=300%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gehry &amp; High Line Construction, 2009, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another translucent white glass building, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Enid_A._Haupt_Conservatory_at_the_New_York_Botanical_Garden\" target=\"_blank\">Enid A. Haupt Conservatory<\/a> at the New York Botanical Garden, nearly blends in to the overcast sky, in the view below.\u00a0 Not every skyline contour is hard and toothy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1855\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-conservatory.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1855\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1855\" title=\"fredhatt-2004-conservatory\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-conservatory.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-conservatory.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-conservatory.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conservatory, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fog can also create a soft-edged effect.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1856\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-citibank-in-fog.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1856\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1856\" title=\"fredhatt-2004-citibank-in-fog\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-citibank-in-fog.jpg?resize=600%2C323\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-citibank-in-fog.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-citibank-in-fog.jpg?resize=300%2C161 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citibank in Fog, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the view below, only the Empire State Building is tall enough to be seen above the trees of McCarren Park in Brooklyn, shining through the evening mist.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1857\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-ghostly-empire-state.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1857\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1857\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-ghostly-empire-state\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-ghostly-empire-state.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-ghostly-empire-state.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-ghostly-empire-state.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghostly Empire State, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A ruined waterfront warehouse in the sunset has a skyline of crumbling grandeur.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1858\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-burned-warehouse.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1858\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1858\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-burned-warehouse\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-burned-warehouse.jpg?resize=600%2C402\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-burned-warehouse.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2006-burned-warehouse.jpg?resize=300%2C201 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burned Warehouse, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The warehouse&#8217;s eroded contours contrast with the thrusty ones of this neo-gothic structure, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracechurchnyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Church.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1859\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-gothic-silhouette.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1859\" title=\"fredhatt-2007-gothic-silhouette\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-gothic-silhouette.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-gothic-silhouette.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2007-gothic-silhouette.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gothic Silhouette, 2007, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These 19th century east side townhouses have chimneys like crooked fingers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1860\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-chimneys.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1860\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-chimneys\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-chimneys.jpg?resize=500%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-chimneys.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-chimneys.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-chimneys.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chimneys, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We tend not to notice the sky contours of signs and street lamps, as they blend in to general visual clutter, but the shapes can be fantastic abstract sculpture.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1863\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a 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of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1865\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-tower-poles-wires.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1865\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-tower-poles-wires\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-tower-poles-wires.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-tower-poles-wires.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2003-tower-poles-wires.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower, Poles, Wires, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The combinations of all these elements can become glorious geometries of chaos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1866\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-crossing-lines.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1866\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1866\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-crossing-lines\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-crossing-lines.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-crossing-lines.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2005-crossing-lines.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crossing Lines, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here, a particular angle of view brings together building, statue, lamp and tree for a composition that crackles and twists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1867\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-central-park-south.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1867\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1867\" title=\"fredhatt-2010-central-park-south\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-central-park-south.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-central-park-south.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-central-park-south.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central Park South, 2010, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In buildings the supporting framework is decorously concealed, but bridges nakedly display their engineering.\u00a0 Here, the towers of the Queensboro Bridge and the <a href=\"roosevelt island tram\" target=\"_blank\">Roosevelt Island tramway<\/a> stand side by side.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1868\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2004-tramway.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1868\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1868\" title=\"fredhatt-2004-tramway\" 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Starn brothers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1870\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-big-bambu.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1870\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1870\" title=\"fredhatt-2010-big-bambu\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-big-bambu.jpg?resize=600%2C318\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-big-bambu.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fredhatt-2010-big-bambu.jpg?resize=300%2C159 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Bambu, 2010, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Birds use the cables and spars over the Manhattan 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