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[ericantonio]

39 Whitehall Street
New York City
ca. 1974
Camera: 4x5, 150mm Symmar
Tri-X, Normal, HC-110
X-5 Scan, Post Process PS

Some may remember the history surrounding this building or may have actually been there...

39 Whitehall Street was the US Army's infamous induction center where draft age young men were ordered to report for their pre-induction physical examinations.

Arlo Guthrie's song, “Alice’s Restaurant” (1967), described Whitehall St as the place "where you got injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected.”

The building became an iconic representation of Viet Nam Era resistance to inscription in the face of a questionable war. Numerous protests erupted at 39 Whitehall St. and there were several bombings in the volatile 1960s

By the late 1970s, the 100 year old building, originally built for the Department of the Army, fell into developers' hands. A modern glass facade replaced the original granite face. The building was enlarged and converted into an apartment complex with a street level health club.

I'll always say "whitehall" the way the recording says it on the R train. I would get off at City Hall for school. That car on the corner, is like my dad's car. 1976 Buick Century. Kojak had one like it as well.

[Peter Collins]

Ahem, We (I) was facing "conscription," not "inscription!" Lovely light in that photograph!

[sdzsdz]

@DennisD: this is a phantastic image. I love the light and the subtle gradatiopn between foreground and background!

I have a night shot here from Bremerhaven in Germany

Provia 100F, 1min exposure @11, Chamonix 045N2, 150mm Sironar W, drumscanned with Heidelberg Tango drumscanner

Bremerhaven by Sebastian Dziuba, auf Flickr

[chassis]

@DennisD: this is a phantastic image. I love the light and the subtle gradatiopn between foreground and background!

I have a night shot here from Bremerhaven in Germany

Provia 100F, 1min exposure @11, Chamonix 045N2, 150mm Sironar W, drumscanned with Heidelberg Tango drumscanner

Bremerhaven by Sebastian Dziuba, auf Flickr

Excellent!

[Sazerac]

These are my last few sheets of Ektar 100. Great film, but I've bought a box of Velvia to see what it can do!

[Sazerac]

and a few more...

[chassis]

Nice sazerac. Gives me motivation to post some Ektar streetscapes in my postprocessing queue!

[Sazerac]

Nice sazerac. Gives me motivation to post some Ektar streetscapes in my postprocessing queue!

Thanks! I wasn't that impressed with the film initially. I though that the oranges and yellows got a little too hot but the way it warms up the concrete tones is pretty nice.

[austin granger]

39 Whitehall Street
New York City
ca. 1974
Camera: 4x5, 150mm Symmar
Tri-X, Normal, HC-110
X-5 Scan, Post Process PS

Some may remember the history surrounding this building or may have actually been there...

39 Whitehall Street was the US Army's infamous induction center where draft age young men were ordered to report for their pre-induction physical examinations.

Arlo Guthrie's song, “Alice’s Restaurant” (1967), described Whitehall St as the place "where you got injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected.”

The building became an iconic representation of Viet Nam Era resistance to inscription in the face of a questionable war. Numerous protests erupted at 39 Whitehall St. and there were several bombings in the volatile 1960s

By the late 1970s, the 100 year old building, originally built for the Department of the Army, fell into developers' hands. A modern glass facade replaced the original granite face. The building was enlarged and converted into an apartment complex with a street level health club.

This is fantastic Dennis! It's amazing on a purely visual level, but also contains so many intriguing human elements. I want to know the story of the man on the phone, but every figure (the woman, the man in uniform, the guy in the trench coat at right) is interesting in their own way. Your timing here was spot-on!

[Bipin]

Really nice work Dennis, and Sazerac - I particularly like that one of the construction crane. It's movement is very unsettling and unexpected - just lovely!