United Nations Secretariat Building, NYC, 2021.
All the pixels, none of the diplomatic immunity, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51381729335/
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I have mixed feelings about Le Corbusier's architecture (to say nothing of his urban planning philosophy - he clearly influenced Robert Moses), but I think the UN Secretariat building was one of his successes.
An aside: If you look at the full resolution version (downloadable on flickr), you can see the HF amateur radio antenna on the roof. Nerds are everywhere, even/especially at the UN. There's also a family taking a group picture on the street in front.
This is another photo in my series, "Slightly better versions of the pictures of local attractions that you find on the walls of your cheap hotel."
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When I was in the Army (1980) one of my duties was to set a Linhof 8×10" to take photos for manuals, and I became almost skilled in perspective tuning, so I've an idea of what you make to take you incredible photos.
When the camera was perfectly set, the photographer (sergeant) arrived with the plate (too expensive to to give it to a private!) shot the photo and take the merit.
But who cares? I had a lot of fun!