Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Ansonia was immortalized by Saul Bellow in his novella Seize the Day. The entire novel takes place in and around the Ansonia, and its presence is like another character in the story. > The Ansonia on Broadway at 74th was once a famous New York hotel > catering primarily to the arts community. Enrico Caruso, Igor > Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Florenz Ziegfeld, Theodore Dreiser, and > Babe Ruth (an artist of a different stripe, [heh, heh, ;-)]) all > called it home at one time or another. Today it is condos. > > It is typically described as "a 1904 Beaux Arts masterpiece," > seemingly dropped into the upper West Side direct from Paris. It is > a magnificent sight from the 20th floor of a hotel just across the > street. > > At dawn (M3 40mm Nokton - f1.4 @ 1/60th) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_34_0223_web > > > Shortly after sunrise (M3 15mm Heliar f5.6 at 1/250th if I remember correctly) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_31A_0187_web > > This is the bottom half of the negative. The upper half is all sky. > I took shot after shot trying to get people into interesting places > in that splash of light at street level. New Yorkers on an early > Sunday morning are very uncooperative. ;-) Probably should have > brought some inflatable people along a la Graham and his ducks and > cows. > > Enjoy! Comments welcome as always. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >