Race to the Top

One57, a 75-story super skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, rises up behind the Alwyn, a French Renaissance-style building built in 1907. Their juxtaposition highlights the competition between the historic and the ultramodern. A green traffic light signifies the unchecked, unregulated “go” of progress.

October 9, 2018 | iPhone 8 plus | edited Adobe Lightroom mobile

©Joanna Mercuri 2018