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NYC Goes From Day to Night in One Frame (i.imgur.com)

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[–]observantone[S] 87 points88 points ago

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Found here.

[–]Occams_Beard_Trimmer 51 points52 points ago

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You're doing it right. This is the stuff that should be frontpaged on /r/pics, not chili soap.

[–]CorkyKribler 16 points17 points ago

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Seriously. Why the fuck would you watch someone bathe with frozen chili when you can see this instead?

(Never thought I would say such a thing in my life.)

[–]CorneliusJack 4 points5 points ago

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That chili soap thing was vomit inducing.

[–]DrewPWiener 2 points3 points ago

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Keep bitching about it and bringing it up and it will never go away.

[–]jeffAA 7 points8 points ago

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That's some pretty amazing work.

[–]TikTok6oclock 1 point2 points ago

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http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/6sx4/

relevant

[–]Eccentrica_Gallumbit 0 points1 point ago

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Clearly you've never tried to get a cab during rush hour.

[–]CreativelyCharming 0 points1 point ago

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Do you know if there's any way to get a large poster version of this I could put on my wall? I love this piece and I think it'd make a great decoration, but when I checked the artist's site, it didn't seem to have any options for ordering prints or anything like that. Unless I was just too dense and missed it somewhere.

[–]Actuallytwodicks 0 points1 point ago

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Can you make it into a good wallpaper?

[–]L0nd0nCa77in9 12 points13 points ago

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Link to artist's site here. There's 6 other photographs in the series (that are viewable on the artist's site).

[–]Uriniass 6 points7 points ago

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Click "fine art" stroll down to "nudes" = Mind Blown.

[–]cjustice 13 points14 points ago

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Those pillars of light in the background of the night side are lights from ground zero. Every year on the anniversary of September 11, they shine those bright lights into the sky.

[–]discotent 6 points7 points ago

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Relevant wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_in_Light

Relevant amazingly beautiful pictures: http://www.google.com/search?q=tribute+in+light&tbm=isch

[–]squigmig 2 points3 points ago

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That's so beautiful. 11 years on and I only just learn about it.. it's so fitting. Suitably majestic, grandiose, but more importantly - really tasteful. I could only imagine how seeing them would affect me if I had a personal connection to the attacks.

New York, I stand humbled and deeply impressed.

[–]mm9k 5 points6 points ago

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Umm, it's not even 10 years yet.

[–]foolfromhell 0 points1 point ago

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Don't you know, anything past 2000 happened in 2000?

[–]squigmig 0 points1 point ago

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I must have confused the year 2000 with 2001. Thanks for correcting me so.. courteously.

[–]mm9k 2 points3 points ago

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Sorry bro

[–]ItsOnlyNatural -1 points0 points ago

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All I can say is they should have used stronger lights.

[–]NeverStopPosting 0 points1 point ago

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They stole that idea from the Nazis.

[–]Paustinj 8 points9 points ago

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Wallpaper version please :O

[–]GreenChicken 2 points3 points ago

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At least it's already the perfect size for a smart phone wallpaper.

[–]Leshow 6 points7 points ago

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There is a similar building in Toronto that my great grandfather was the engineer of (Donald Mackenzie Cameron). He was also the engineer for the St Laurence Seaway

edit: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dwut6QAnJ0U/SX-7BozAGjI/AAAAAAAABCU/GGfy4Iw4QwE/s400/Toronto+2.jpg

[–]Scaredoftriangles 1 point2 points ago

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Your great grandfather impresses the hell outta me.

[–]Leshow 1 point2 points ago

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Me too. Whenever I go back and visit my parents I go see their massive picture of him in an old school suit right next to a shot of the St Laurence seaway under construction. He married some lady who owned a liquor business and they were riding around in limousines during the Great Depression while everyone else was scrounging for pennies.

A true fucking Boss. He was the reason I took engineering.

[–]ThatIsWhatIThought 0 points1 point ago

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There's a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio that's more similar in size to this one. Used to be basically sitting on an island in the road.

http://flatironcolumbus.com/aboutTheBuilding.html

[–]sinvictus -1 points0 points ago

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I was just there... I live in Cbus too

[–]ThatIsWhatIThought 0 points1 point ago

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Awesome! Hope you enjoyed it, I know the owners pretty well. Haven't been back since they added the patio, need to try it out.

[–]Skookah 0 points1 point ago

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Are you a wizard? I was just there...

[–]raymondfinkel 3 points4 points ago

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perfect building to do this effect with.

[–]Ender110 3 points4 points ago

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See that dark office on the fourth floor on the right side on Broadway and 5th? I don't usually leave early. I promise. But you can see Shake Shack in Madison Square Park from the window. The burgers call to me.

[–]dasexybeast 2 points3 points ago

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wow thats amazing. can we get it as a wallpaper anywhere?

[–]someoneatemypie 1 point2 points ago

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I would love to print this on a size-XXL poster, but photographers rarely sell a high res file for personal use...

[–]ahoy1 2 points3 points ago

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TIL that taxis in NYC move way faster at night!

[–]sheiladikshit -2 points-1 points ago

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longer exposure time? trollface.jpg?

trollface landed

[–]Thizzlamic 2 points3 points ago

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Thumbnail looks like a man made of fire running from light to dark.

[–]ck14136 2 points3 points ago

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clearly photoshopped. Jerk.

[–]buzzKillington1 3 points4 points ago

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i love going between the day/night barriers in nyc....most people don't believe they're real because you gotta walk through just right and very few can do it

[–]rambogizmo 4 points5 points ago

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Whoa the Daily Bugle building!

[–]Peter_Nincompoop 3 points4 points ago

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You mean the Flatiron building?

[–]rambogizmo 2 points3 points ago

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No I mean where Spider-Man works.

[–]assholebiker -3 points-2 points ago

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CTRL +F "flat". Upvote.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Just upvote and shut up.

[–]KimJongIlSunglasses 2 points3 points ago

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CTRL +F "shut up". Upvote.

[–]assholebiker -2 points-1 points ago

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Just downvote and shut up. :)

[–]FrostofSparta 0 points1 point ago

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I came here to say this!!! I recognized from it from Spiderman 2 the game!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Can anyone technically minded explain how this might be done?

I haven't the shots to try it with but am guessing that you are careful to position the camera in the exact same place for both shots - then take one at night and one during the day (or possibly a couple of HDR shots?) then put them one on top of the other in Photoshop and do a gradiant-erase on the uppermost image (daylight in the case of the NYC shot?)

Am I way off or..?

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[–]matrixclown 1 point2 points ago

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Also notice he only shows taxi's in the final.

[–]couper 0 points1 point ago

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He says he uses hundreds of shots for 1 photo. I'm guessing that you can divide the photo into 3 parts: day, transition, night. The transition is where he blends the majority of the hundred shots because you need the clouds/sky to match and other parts like the sun on the sidewalks, trees, and buildings fading from light to dark. It also looks like he edits anything not stationary out of the shots and adds it back in after the base image is done. Hence no non-taxis or ghostly people. That's just a guess though... It's probably harder than that.

[–]Kangalooney 0 points1 point ago

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I spent a while figuring out how to do this myself, did some test shots and figured out a good interval and blending method.

Only thing stopping me from doing a full shoot has been a lack of time (photography is just a hobby atm) and the funds to get my camera fixed or replaced as need be. There is a blotch in every shot now that I hope is just a bit of dust on the sensor that can be cleaned, otherwise I need to fork out for a new body, probably time for that anyway as it is an aging D70.

[–]random314 1 point2 points ago

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Wow that is awesome.

Also looks like one crazy storm crossing NYC.

[–]Rusty_Shakleford 1 point2 points ago

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i'd say it looks like the second coming of Gozer...

[–]btlyger 1 point2 points ago

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Why is day time a still frame and night time a time lapse?

[–]azuretek 2 points3 points ago

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It's not time lapse, they're just different lengths of exposure. Night time shots usually require a longer exposure to get any kind of detail. It wouldn't have been possible to get the shot without the trailing lights, but it looks cool so it's not a big deal.

[–]blonked 1 point2 points ago

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That's awesome, I love this sort of stuff. This is actually one of my favorite wallpapers.

[–]couper 0 points1 point ago

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This is cool too. But it would have been nicer if they shot it from the other side so you get TD Court and the other skyscrapers, not just FCP. Or maybe even from St Lawrence market side and upwards.

[–]girlunknown 1 point2 points ago

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wow this is beautifully done.

[–]noooonan 1 point2 points ago

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Huge high res version please... I love it.

[–]blzr_tag 1 point2 points ago

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I wish SF had that many cabs.

[–]vexious 1 point2 points ago*

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related

Awesome timelapse video of NYC.

[–]observantone[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Wow, that is awesome!

[–]Iamien 1 point2 points ago

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Does NYC really have such a high ratio of taxi traffic?

[–]MKQ 1 point2 points ago

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Not everywhere, but yes, it's not unheard of to see a great number in a row. I looked for a flatiron district web cam and couldn't find one, but here's a Times Square Cam -- if you watch it for a couple of minutes you'll see groups of taxis go by. Especially right now (7:30 pm) as all the Broadway shows are going to start shortly.

[–]Truest 0 points1 point ago

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Not this high. The pic looks shopped to only show the yellow taxis on the streets.

[–]srd178 1 point2 points ago

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Flatiron Building, with Madison Square Park in the bottom left.

[–]HerbieVerstinks 2 points3 points ago

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And anytime I think of Madison Square Park, I think Shake Shack.

[–]LMoE 0 points1 point ago

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Shake Shack better have the best burgers on earth if people are willing to wait two hours in line to buy one.

[–]holysocks 0 points1 point ago

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Eataly at bottom right

[–]mareanguis 1 point2 points ago

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MOTHERFUCKING SHAKE SHACK

[–]prezjordan 1 point2 points ago

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You just made my mouth water for Shake Shack.

[–]Scarker 0 points1 point ago

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Still as busy, still as bright.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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This reminded me of the ident Sky Movies show between films in the UK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65j0cMoaEco

Mind you... looking at it again, it's nothing alike.

[–]spaceisupthere 0 points1 point ago

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You can probably get these on the streets there.

[–]Kim_Jong-Kardashian 0 points1 point ago

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Please explain what god just did here.

[–]slowstick 0 points1 point ago

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upvotes for flatiron building

[–]glassy125 0 points1 point ago

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damn you orange and blue contrast

[–]enhance_that 0 points1 point ago

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Oasis did it.

[–]al0newestand 0 points1 point ago

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I remember that area in the Spider-man 2 video game.

[–]zayats 0 points1 point ago

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Except at about 5am, everyone disappears for 1hour. It's the weirdest thing. It's like the night people creep into the shadows and the morning people all wake up.

[–]angad19 0 points1 point ago

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I can't decide which side I like better :P

[–]Dented 0 points1 point ago

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There's no such thing as day or night in NYC.

[–]Snowsickle 0 points1 point ago

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This is my favorite one.

[–]pinkbiff 0 points1 point ago

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Ålesund - 4 seasons http://www.hdpano.no/gpweb/gigapixel_h_48/ZOpen_48.html

[–]maroger 0 points1 point ago

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This man is a genius with the camera. He perfected his skills with film.

BTW, Forrest Myers, a SOHO artist from the 1960's, devised an idea for streams of light to be shot into the sky to mimic the WTC buildings as they were being built.

[–]MKQ 0 points1 point ago

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Do you know if they will still have the lights even when everything is finished being built? It's only once a year, but I find myself going out and looking for the lights every year and hope they continue to do it.

[–]arghnard 0 points1 point ago

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Ah, yes. I used to love riding motorcycles off that building in GTA IV.

[–]epic_win 0 points1 point ago

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why are there random beams of light on the right?

[–]MKQ 0 points1 point ago

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The lights are only there once a year on September 11th. It's funny but when standing in certain parts of the city, like this location, I will STILL sometimes look up expecting to use the Tower(s) to get my North/South bearings.

[–]epic_win 0 points1 point ago

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Oh I haven't been in New York City at night so I've never seen those before. I love the tribute, but I think they should just rebuild them.

[–]MKQ 0 points1 point ago*

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My hope is that they will continue to do the tribute even as the site is finished.

As for just rebuilding, a ton of progress has been made and in fact 1 WTC is starting to tower over the skyline.

This is an interesting multi-media presentation of the complex taking shape.

Here is a view from 1 WTC of the Memorial Fountains, which are in the footprint of the old towers as well as the plan for the rest of the stuff being built/planned. It's pretty massive. The new 7 WTC is over 50 stories at this point, the fountains have been tested, trees have been planted. 5 WTC is being worked on, the museum is well underway and a new trains stations are underway.

A few other tidbits:

Time Lapse Film work in progress

Video with construction workers

5 coolest features of 1 WTC

Edit: links

[–]FredSchmildapp 0 points1 point ago

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I ate lunch here when I went to New York for a journalism conference. There's a really great eatery to the bottom right of the picture and you can sit and eat at the table in chairs in the center. Great picture.

[–]MrE2Me 0 points1 point ago

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That's a lot of taxis.

[–]bingblondie 0 points1 point ago

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Battlefield 3 front cover, pffft.

[–]FRF4F 0 points1 point ago

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looks awesome as my droid x wallpaper

[–]grumdrig 0 points1 point ago

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That must've been taken with a first generation iPhone.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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This looks like something the people who come to NYC and eat at Bubba Gumps Shrimp restaurant would love.

[–]Peter_Nincompoop 0 points1 point ago

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No, I got it.

[–]Rigelface 0 points1 point ago

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This just looks like PGH on a rainy day.

[–]MrX742 0 points1 point ago

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cool

[–]thefuckisback 0 points1 point ago

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I walk past that building every night walking home

[–]marvelous_molester 0 points1 point ago

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fake, that's impossible, the sun is much slower

[–]feadrus 0 points1 point ago

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I work a block from here. The Flatiron is truly one of the most underrated sites in the city. Very uniquely positioned/designed place.

[–]Squibidyflop 0 points1 point ago

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Am I the only one who finds it weird not seeing "DAILY BUGLE" written down the front of that building?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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When I was really little I saw that building and loved it. I wanted to live there so bad.

[–]yellowcushion 0 points1 point ago

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Would be better without the HDR

[–]sittingathome 0 points1 point ago

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Anyone else read in NYC goes from day to night in flames?!?

[–]McG4rn4gle 0 points1 point ago

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I'd stay on the left side of the street.

[–]GreenK 0 points1 point ago

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I think it was Denny O'Neill who said "Metropolis is New York in the day, and Gotham is New York at night."

This picture perfectly encapsulates that

[–]WabashSon 0 points1 point ago

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Metropolis & Gotham

[–]UnArtist 0 points1 point ago

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Daily Bugle.

[–]susleg 0 points1 point ago

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It reminds me "The Saboteur" video game.

[–]ZAHANMA 0 points1 point ago

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..but for serious, Eataly which is right, there is fantastic.

[–]1SLOLT1 -1 points0 points ago

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I want a picture of Las Vegas like this

[–]xfallchildamyx -1 points0 points ago

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skillz

[–]elliottblackwood -1 points0 points ago

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HEY LOOK! A PANDA!

[–]Cjyogi -1 points0 points ago

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SHOPPED

[–]laughinggas 2 points3 points ago

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Really... well done Sherlock!

[–]Cjyogi 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah...all in a days work.

[–]winedine69 -4 points-3 points ago

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NYC goes from day to riot in one frame

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