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Many skyscrapers from the 20s and 30s had amazing
art deco
stylings, but the best details are impossible
to see from the ground.
For example, the
Chrysler Building,
photographed by legendary photographer
Margaret Bourke-White:
Bourke-White at work, getting the above shot:
My interest in the
American Radiator Building
led me to find Michael Krakovskiy at
Dead Programmer's Cafe
who has photographed a number of interesting and inaccessable
New York skyscraper tops, via a 400mm lens. This face on the
RCA Victor Building is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for:
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