It’s easy, when walking through a city’s center – a city’s business district – to see only store fronts, building lobbies, street signs, cars, and – of course – people. It is easy to forget that the city is built in three dimensions.
That third dimension can either be up, as illustrated here, or down. The image “Walkway” in the next post shows one example of the downward side of a city.
This image was taken in my hometown of Dallas, Texas. It was taken during my “looking up” exploration, using a new extremely wide angle lens purchased using my prize earnings from Rising Above.
From a distance, Dallas’ downtown area is just another mixture of mostly glass skyscrapers. While it doesn’t rival skylines like Manhattan’s, Chicago’s or San Francisco’s, it is an impressive skyline rising out of the Texas plains. I just realized that I don’t yet have an image of Dallas’ skyline in the images I have posted. I’ll rectify that soon. It is a very photogenic skyline.
From up close, at the feet of those skyscrapers, Dallas actually has an interesting mix of beautiful and utilitarian architecture. It is necessary to look up to appreciate this variety of styles and sizes of buildings that make up the beating heart of downtown Dallas.
I like how this image encourages the explorations of the Dallas skyline from a different perspective – the newer skyscrapers proudly reaching for the heavens; the lower buildings providing an anchor for the commerce that happens in the city. And there’s street sign showing the way between those buildings.
Next time you explore a city center, be sure to take in its third dimension. In doing so, you can better appreciate the character of the city.