Tag: Skyscrapers
Von Wong, a photographer who likes to keep it real, recently published an explainer on how he shot a series of photos featuring models dressed as superheroes atop a skyscraper in San Francisco. He wanted the shoot to be as legit as possible, which meant no “green screen or cheap special effects.” There’s only one […]
Midtown is getting taller. A few buildings in particular will dramatically change the Manhattan skyline over the next few years, like the upcoming $1.4 billion, 90-story One57 skyscraper. There are plans for Extell’s Nordstrom Tower, which will be the world’s tallest place for people to live, reaching 1,775 feet. There are other buildings that will add to this evolving […]
This photograph of Manhattan was taken by the Expedition 39 crew’s remote sensing unit. In it, the tallest buildings in the Financial District and Midtown are casting noticeably long, dark shadows on the city. Referencing the Environmental Protection Agency’s report, NASA explains that concrete and asphalt absorb, store, and release heat, and how the “heat island effect” is reduced by the cooling effect of […]
