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Mexico City Cathedral

Image by Francisco Diez
An early Sunday morning shot of Mexico City's impressive Cathedral.

Many more pictures in my blog: here.




See it large in black: here.



EXIF data:
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure:
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: 200



The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María) is the largest and oldest cathedral in the Americas and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.

It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución in downtown Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlán, eventually replacing it entirely. Spanish architect Claudio de Arciniega planned the construction, drawing inspiration from Gothic cathedrals in Spain.

The cathedral has four facades which contain portals flanked with columns and statues. The two bell towers contain a total of 25 bells. The tabernacle, adjacent to the cathedral, contains the baptistery and serves to register the parishioners. There are two large, ornate altars, a sacristy, and a choir in the cathedral. Fourteen of the cathedral's sixteen chapels are open to the public. Each chapel is dedicated to a different saint or saints, and each was sponsored by a religious guild. The chapels contain ornate altars, altarpieces, retablos, paintings, furniture and sculptures. The cathedral is home to two of the largest 18th century organs in the Americas. There is a crypt underneath the cathedral that holds the remains of many former archbishops.

Sunset Transparency at the new Goldman Sachs World Headquarters, New York City

Image by Phillip Ritz
Lower Manhattan sunset visible through the steel frame of the new Goldman Sachs headquarters. 7 WTC is all the way to the left.
The Goldman Sachs New World Headquarters (200 West) building is a 740-ft tall, 43-story building under construction in the Battery Park City neighborhood in New York City.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs_New_World_Headquarters

and

www.in-arch.net/NYC/nycnew.html#sachs