jaymug:

The Pan Am building created a canyon effect on the Park Avenue. NYC, 1964

I love this photo, or any photo showing the same scene taken from the same location over the past fifty years. This image seems to be showing something about being trapped, overwhelmed or just completely integrated into the city. 

But, it is a trick.

Right past the Pan Am building (or the Met Life building as it now) is Grand Central Terminal. I can’t look at this image without thinking that I am only a few blocks from a train taking me out of the city.