Looking north towards Delaware Avenue:
You can see the Zion temple and the uber cool condos on Delaware.
Panning east, that's the pretty house at the north-east corner of Linwood and Summer in the foreground. I am amazed at how pretty and colourful it progressively becomes as the leaves climbing it slowly turn in the fall.
Far in the background, I think that building is ECMC. You can also see the South Campus and the white clock tower in this view but my camera is on the lowest resolution to cram in the maximum number of pictures in 16 MB, so yes, this is all you get. Bleh.
Further east is the Summer-Best junction and the paint company further down the road. You can also see the copper-topped bell tower that produces the deafeningly loud chimes that resound around Linwood.
When I first came here, I thought someone's wretched job was to sit in that tower all day, every day, in all weather and strike the chimes by the hour. It somehow consoled me in rough times in a crooked miserable way. However, (e:Paul) broke the romance and pettiness by telling me that the thing was pre-programmed. *Sigh*
Alrighty, this view here is the direction of my school and livelihood of many on this site. Though you can't see much of it behind the towering presence of Buffalo General, the tiny bit of red sticking out beyond the big building is Roswell Park Cancer Institute. :)
To the right of the programmed chiming copper tower, the central terminal building is visible. I can actually see this from my window, but I didn't realize that it was the central terminal building till I actually saw it from terrace. Yeah, I am that visually and logically challenged.
Panning south now down Linwood...
Off in the distance, you can see the hope of the future windmills! :)
Further south is Buffalo's famed downtown skyline.
Hidden behind the tree in full fall colours is (e:pmt)'s abode!
And of course, a close up of the famed Buffalo downtown skyline.
Hiding my clear view of the Buffalo Harbour are these 10 storey monstrosities on Delaware Avenue. I used to think they were the same height as the Mayflower, but no, they are a full 2 storeys higher. :/
To the west is the beautiful church on Delaware Avenue between North and Summer. Off to the distance you can also see that Water Arbour structure right in the middle of the water. I am not sure what that is but I think it might be a good spot for a lavish water wedding that Buffalo might make money out of.
People could say their vows in that structure between Canada and the US and the guests could witness the ceremony in yachts floating around that structure. I think I have been seeing far too many romantic comedy/wedding movies lately.
Further west is this grand view of Summer Street.
And THAT off to the north-west is the city of Niagara Falls.
When there are absolutely no clouds, zero haze and it is somewhat chilly, you can see the mist from the horse-shoe falls. Again, I need (e:Matthew) magic dust and a better camera to prove this but there you have it.
And no terrace shoot can be complete without sky-focus shots. These are the some of the same views in absolutely magical lighting.
I go up there so often now, its hard to not take my camera and shoot when you see such awesomeness.
I think the second best place to see the sunset (after the harbour) is the Mayflower terrace. :)
Here's sunset over distant Niagara Falls!
Sunset over the famed Buffalo downtown skyline.
Nightfall over the famed Buffalo downtown skyline.
PS: I have noticed that the more you keep describing something as "the famed blah blah", there is a big chance that it actually does become "the famed blah blah" at some point. Hey, I love Buffalo. If this is the least I can do to make it famed in current times, I will do it with diligence. :D
PPS: I am somewhat disappointed by the resolution of this entire shoot. I need (e:Matthew) to come up here and shoot it all to show the world exactly how awesome it really is. :)
Nice Pictures. Some of how good a picture looks is the light and how the camera handles it and some of it is the person taking the picture, then there is this kinda morphing of the two together. It also helps if (I don't have this and I'm pretty sure Matt does) you have what I call a photographic eye. What I mean by this is that we don't see things in the same way as a camera does plus we have a brain to figure out what we see. I think though that there are people who know what the image will look like or how it will come out on the camera vs. how we see how it looks.
Great pix, tiny! Thanks for sharing your view.
speaking windmills...
Did anyone else see about two weeks ago when there was a windmill blade stuck diagonally at the intersection of North & Delaware?
It was on a truck... a very long truck... it looked like it was supposed to be a very tall spire of a white marble church. It took me a few days to figure out what it might be, until I was driving home and saw two more of the beautifully sinuous sculptures along I-390. I spent a few minutes trying to find a photo that showed the elegance of the design but couldn't find any, so here's a bad picture: :::link:::
Cool pix, Tiny. Amazing how good Buffalo looks when you're not right up close. From a distance, it's really very pretty and interesting. We do have a glut of beautiful architecture here that most of us long-timers take for granted. Nice view.
Saweet!
One of the things I miss about NYC is roof access. But unless you were superrich you'd never get a 20-mile view like that- you'd have to settle for looking at other peoples' roofs.
- Z