Best elevated location to photograph a march in NYC?
June 22, 2021 8:58 AM Subscribe
I'm looking to photograph a NYC (Manhattan) march on Sunday from above. Here is the route. Any ideas of places I could photograph from along this path? This could include open parking garages, rooftop restaurants, sky bridges, or any other elevated open or window areas.
EQ3 (furniture store) on the corner of 17th St. has floor-to-ceiling windows in their 2nd floor showroom. You might be able to loiter in there for a while. There's a terrace on the 3rd floor which I don't think is open to the public (I haven't been up there), but if you stop by in person this week maybe you can ask if they'll let you stand out there on Sunday. There are also random 2nd-floor businesses with windows along 7th (like small hair salons) that may be persuadable if you have the time to drop by this week.
You might try one of the fast food restaurants or coffee chains along 7th Ave. -- places like McDonald's and Gregory's Coffee often have upper floors with windows overlooking the street.
If you can identify any small businesses that have been around forever along the route and are fortunate enough to own their building, you could try persuading them to let you stand on their rooftop, but that's a longshot. I'm thinking of places like Bicycle Habitat that have been around since the 70s and are locally-owned (but I think they lease their space).
There aren't any open-air garages near the route that I can think of. Most garages are underground in that part of the city. Or they're the kind where they park your car for you and you aren't able to just walk around inside.
posted by theory at 12:28 PM on June 22, 2021
You might try one of the fast food restaurants or coffee chains along 7th Ave. -- places like McDonald's and Gregory's Coffee often have upper floors with windows overlooking the street.
If you can identify any small businesses that have been around forever along the route and are fortunate enough to own their building, you could try persuading them to let you stand on their rooftop, but that's a longshot. I'm thinking of places like Bicycle Habitat that have been around since the 70s and are locally-owned (but I think they lease their space).
There aren't any open-air garages near the route that I can think of. Most garages are underground in that part of the city. Or they're the kind where they park your car for you and you aren't able to just walk around inside.
posted by theory at 12:28 PM on June 22, 2021
Maybe a rooftop bar on 7th, like Magic Hour Rooftop Bar?
posted by praemunire at 12:57 PM on June 22, 2021
posted by praemunire at 12:57 PM on June 22, 2021
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