User:Axel Tschentscher
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Tiles at Chambers Street Station Subway Entrance
Iron Sign at Chambers Street Station Subway Entrance
Warehouses next to MMuseumm in 4 Cortlandt Alley
Cast Iron Warehouse on 16 Cortlandt Alley. The cast iron stamp by producer "D.D. Badger" is well preserved underneath posters and paint.
Mouse Graffiti on 33 Cortlandt Alley next to AuCheval Restaurant
Cortland Alley Back Entrance to 72 Walker Street. One of the few authentic places left in Tribeca.
Unrenovated warehouse in one of the few authentic streets of Tribeca.
Current Fashion by McQueen on 71 Greene Street with pillars of cast iron building reflected in the background.
Current Fashion by Prada on 575 Broadway with reflection of SoHo building and cast iron ornamental pillar.
New Your County Supreme Court with inscription "The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government".
FDR Drive Elevated Section with Brooklyn Bridge. View from Manhattan Bridge walkway.
Rooftop graffiti around 47 Monroe Street. Downtown view from Manhattan Bridge walkway.
Downtown view of 123 Madison Street from Manhattan Bridge walkway.
Cast Iron Facade of the Bruce Building on the Canal Street side. The building is located on 254-260 Canal Street at the corner of Lafayette Street
SoHo Architecture 26-Greene-Street
SoHo Architecture Cast Iron Building at 451-Broome-Street seen from Greene Street
SoHo Architecture 116 Green Street
SoHo Architecture 116 Green Street
SoHo Architecture 116 Green Street
This is the old Beaux-Arts building built in 1909. It connects to Governor's Island.
Memorial bust monument for John Wolfe Ambrose in Battery Park: "Dedicated by the City of New York to John Wolfe Ambrose for whom the Deep Sea Channel is Named. His vision, scientific knowledge and indefatigable courage aided in making New York the greatest Sea Port of the World."
Part of the round wall of Castle Williams on Governor's Island with a view on Manhattan's financial district.
The gate of Castle Williams on Governor's Island. The plaques read "Commenced 1807" and "Completed 1811". That refers to the first establishment of the castle as a defensive fort. The prison function came only in 1903.
Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and a "cloud bridge" before sunset.
Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and a "cloud bridge" right before Manhattan skyscrapers cast the scene into shadow during sunset.
Sunset over Manhattan seen from the Brooklyn Bridge Park at the East River.
Financial District of Manhattan seen from the Brooklyn Bridge Park at the East River.
This bronze engraving by Alfred Janniot sits above the entrance of the Rockefeller Center's Maison Francaise on Fifth Avenue. It depicts "Poésie, Beauté, Élégance" (Poetry, Beauty, Elegance).
Three panels with three gold leaf figures each, set above the triple-paneled doorway to the British Empire Building that is part of Rockefeller Center, New York City. The panels were created by the artist Carl Paul Jennewein. The figures represent the major industries and the products traded within the empire: salt, coal, tobacco, wheat, fish, wool, cotton, and sugar. The radial sun symbolizes the global empire on which "the sun never sets".
This sculpture by Alfred Janniot sits above the bronze engraving of the Rockefeller Center's Maison Francaise on Fifth Avenue. It reads "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity).
Polychromed limestone cartouche on the over-lintel of the British Empire Building that is part of Rockefeller Center, New York City. The cartouche was created by the artist Carl Paul Jennewein. It depicts the British Coat of Arms encircled with the gilded motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter (and Frensh proverb): "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (Shame on him who thinks evil about it). The ottom of the bas relief is inscribed with the motto of the British Royalty: "Dieu et mon droit" (God and my right).
Limestone rose window at the Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan, New York City. It has some flame style elements of Flamboyant Gothic.
Equestrian statue of general William Tecumseh Sherman by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens accompanied by the allegorical figure Victory placed on Grand Army Plaza in New York City.
Mountain View from Col-de-Soud above Gryon.
Col-de-Soud above Gryon.
Interior of the Church of Bex.
Saline de Bex.
Train of the Salt Mine in Bex.
Communal Archives of Villeneuve.
Ancient Hospital of Villeneuve.
Side View of the Ancient Hospital of Villeneuve.
Église Saint-Paul de Villeneuve.
Villars-sur-Ollon Village
Villars-sur-Ollon Village and Mountains
Glacier 3000 Les Diablerets Massif With Cable Car Middle Station and Freeride Tracks on the Slopes. View from Les Diablerets Skiing Slopes.
PistenBully 600 Polar in Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
PistenBully 600 Polar in Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
Villars-sur-Ollon (Switzerland) Primary School With Mountain Panorama. The school features a back-to-back sports center as well as skiing and sledging slopes.
Church of the Holy Ghost in Bern. This is the spire in evening light with a clear view of the 4000m peaks of the mountains Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau.
Federal Palace in Bern. Central dome crowned by the Swiss Cross in evening light against the background of the Bernese Alps.
Federal Palace in Bern. Central dome crowned by the Swiss Cross in evening light with a perspective setting it close to the north face of the mountain Eiger.
Federal Palace in Bern. Central and western domes in evening light with the peaks of Eiger and Mönch in the background.
Cornell Law School Front
Cornell Law School Tower
Cornell University McFaddin Hall and Lyon Hall
Cornell Law School Tower Courtyard
Empire State Building from rooftop.
Grand Central Terminal, The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Foyer
On the Graybar building next to Grand Central Terminal, sculpted rats climbing the mooring lines of the canopy are evidence of the location's maritime roots.
Grand Central Terminal Main Concourse
-Taxi Hauling at Madison Square Park
NY Standpipe
NY Standpipe
The Vessel Elevator
Hudson Yards Construction
New York City Bus on Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center Flags on Fifth Avenue
This sculpture by Alfred Janniot sits above the bronze engraving of the Rockefeller Center's Maison Francaise on Fifth Avenue. It reads "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity).
NYPD Smart car on Fifth Avenue
Chrysler Building lobby on 42nd street entrance, central elevator bank with art deco illumination
Chrysler Building lobby on 42nd street entrance, left elevator bank with art deco illumination
Chrysler Building lobby on 42nd street entrance, mail plane on painted ceiling
Chrysler Building lobby on 42nd street entrance, Spirit of St. Louis on painted ceiling
Chrysler Building lobby on 42nd street entrance, digital clock with art deco illumination
Chrysler Building view on opposite building on 42nd street, mirrored flag and central south facade of Chrysler Building
View on London Terrace Towers (465 W 23rd Street) from the High Line in New York City. At construction in 1929 it was the largest apartment building in the world.
European starling (sturnus vulgaris) with winter plumage in Madison Square Park (NYC)
Magdeburg Green Citadel Northern Street Front
Magdeburg Green Citadel Corner at Cathedral Plaza
Magdeburg Green Citadel Eastern View
Magdeburg Green Citadel North East Tower
Magdeburg Green Citadel Northern View
Magdeburg Cathedral west portal
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt all buildings
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt street view
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt Domplatz 8
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt Domplatz 9
Aconitum napellus in the Swiss Alps
Swiss Trail Blazing Sign – Fresh Paint on Tree near Braunwald (Glarus) – Red marks Bergwanderwege, i.e., possibly steep, but still distinguishable
Bern Federal Palace South Facade by Night
Bern Historical Museum / Einstein Museum East Tower With Night Sky
Bern Historical Museum / Einstein Museum Central Tower and Entry by Night
Bern House Muenstergasse 1-3 behind Bern Minster]]
Hotel Bellevue Palace Entrance by Night
Bern Minster West façade with main portal and tower]]
Bern Minster Main Portal of West Entrance
Federal Palace of Switzerland at night
Federal Palace of Switzerland (Bundeshaus) – Pediment with inscription Curia Confoederationis Helveticae (assembly of the Swiss federation) – view including the allegorical sculpture of executive, independence, and legislative as well as the central dome crowned by the swiss cross – pictured during full moon with clear night sky.
Federal Palace of Switzerland (Bundeshaus) – Pediment with inscription Curia Confoederationis Helveticae (assembly of the Swiss federation) – view including the allegorical sculpture of executive, independence, and legislative as well as the central dome crowned by the swiss cross – pictured during full moon with clear night sky.
Federal Palace North Facade. Plaza view during full moon with clear night sky.
Federal Palace of Switzerland with full flags due to Indian President's state visit. Plaza view during full moon with clear night sky.
African Leopard (panthera pardus pardus) drinking at Okevi waterhole in Etosha
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) family advancing to Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephants (loxodonta africana) arriving at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia. Broken tusk and damaged ear shows middle age.
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana): lone bull takes evening mud bath near Halali in Etosha National Park Namibia
Male African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) after mud bath at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
Female African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) taking mud bath at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia.
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana): group of four elderly bulls with worn out tusks and ears near Namutoni in Etosha National Park Namibia. Their height is well above 3m with an estimated weight of 4-5 t each. Nevertheless, padded feet are soft enough for stones to get stuck.
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) old bull on his way to water near Namutoni in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) bull displaying the long eyebrows of older elephants and the short tactile hair growing on the trunk (near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia)
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) bull resting his trunk on the gravel (near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia)
African bush elephants (loxodonta africana) family harmony at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephants (loxodonta africana) family discord at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) in the herd's protective circle at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) under mother's protection at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) ambling along mother's long strides at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia.
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) ambling along mother's long strides at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) ambling along mother's long strides at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
Young African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) during mud bath at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) after mud bath at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia.
African bush elephant baby (loxodonta africana) after drinking from Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia.
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) drinking at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) bull doing his trunk acrobatics after mud bath in Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) bull trunk acrobatics in Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) backsides at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) hurrying along at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) baby trying to run after mud bath in waterhole near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Actually, elephants do not have a gait for running, but babies don't know yet.
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) trunk looking out during bath in Okaukuejo waterhole (Etosha National Park Namibia)
Springbok (antidorcas marsupialis) fight near Okaukuejo in Etosha
- Dusky sunbird (cinnyris fuscus) near Halali in Etosha National Park Namibia
Dusky sunbird (cinnyris fuscus) near Halali in Etosha National Park Namibia
Social weaver (philetairus socius) colony's nest on a dead tree stump in Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia
-Laughing dove (spilopelia senegalensis) at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
Laughing dove (spilopelia senegalensis) at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
Pied crow (corvus albus) near Halali in Etosha, Namibia
Part of a wind swept group of 14 Grey Louries (corythaixoides concolor) assembled in the early morning sun on top of a thorn bush next to Groot Okevi waterhole in Etosha
-Cape starling (Red-shouldered glossy-starling) (lamprotornis nitens) bathing in Halali, Etosha, Namibia
Nest of Southern masked weaver (ploceus velatus) with details of intricate weaving patterns (Etosha National Park, Namibia)
Common ostrich (struthio camelus) during sunset near Okaukuejo in Etosha
Kori bustard (ardeotis kori) near Halali in Etosha National Park Namibia
Kori bustard (ardeotis kori) near Halali in Etosha National Park Namibia
White-backed vulture (gyps africanus) waiting their turn at a Springbok carcass near Okaukuejo in Etosha National Park, Namibia
-Black-backed jackal (canis mesomelas) fighting off white-backed vultures (gyps africanus) over a Springbok carcass near Okaukuejo in Etosha National Park, Namibia
White-backed vulture (gyps africanus) in feeding frenzy over Springbok carcass near Okaukuejo in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Plains zebra (equus quagga) near Halali, Etosha, Namibia
Plains zebra (equus quagga) near Halali, Etosha, Namibia
Greater kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros) detail near Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
White rhinoceros (ceratotherium simum) advancing towards the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia. The rhino takes great care in placing the feet between the gravel stones.
White rhinoceros (ceratotherium simum) contemplating sunset at the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
White rhinoceros (ceratotherium simum) drinking at the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia
White rhinoceros (ceratotherium simum) with young near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia. They were grazing right at the edge of the Etosha pan.
Protective mother rhino (ceratotherium simum) with calf hidden behind the thorn bushes near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia
Giraffe (giraffa) during sunset at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha
Giraffe (giraffa) pair near Okaukuejo in Etosha
Giraffe (giraffa) near Okaukuejo in Etosha
Giraffe (giraffa) crossing the street near Okaukuejo in Etosha
Giraffe (giraffa) near Namutoni in Etosha, Namibia. She's a beauty and even looks like wearing make up.
Group of giraffes (giraffa) drinking around sunset at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha. They are very careful and slow when drinking.
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) baby finishing mud bath in waterhole near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia
African bush elephant (loxodonta africana) pushing to enforce authority at waterhole near Namutoni, Etosha National Park, Namibia
