All the buildings in this shot are familiar sites and landmarks on my frequent walks through the city. Though I know these places, I'd never seen them from this angle before. For me, and other city dwellers too I imagine, a new perspective on familiar scenes is a distinct, if small pleasure.
9.4.11
Looking East
Standing on a friend's balcony, looking east:
All the buildings in this shot are familiar sites and landmarks on my frequent walks through the city. Though I know these places, I'd never seen them from this angle before. For me, and other city dwellers too I imagine, a new perspective on familiar scenes is a distinct, if small pleasure.
All the buildings in this shot are familiar sites and landmarks on my frequent walks through the city. Though I know these places, I'd never seen them from this angle before. For me, and other city dwellers too I imagine, a new perspective on familiar scenes is a distinct, if small pleasure.
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From so many of your posts, I come away with this picture of Beirut as a 4-to-5 story city. It's good to have a reminder now and again that it's also a bustling metropolis filled with skyscrapers. :-)
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see trees in the same frame as the tall buildings. Even if they do surround a car park, its a really pleasant scene.
ReplyDeleteI like seeing the familiar from a different angle. It is a challenge to the head, to accept something that has always been, just unimagined.
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