VENI, VIDI, VICI Yes, "I went, saw and conquered" -- well, don't know about the conquering, but anyway, on my recent trip to New York City I got to at least see and photograph the buildings on this study and also take some notes, mostly mental, of the buildings for more accurate and truthful presentation on the site. 'Surprisingly' often the descriptions have been quite correct, although in some cases I have to revise the descriptions -- and in some cases, also my personal opinions about the appearance of some buildings. For example, when seen from 'across the street,' the appearance of buildings I hadn't had too much aesthetic regard for when seen on pictures, such as the 1 N.Y. Plaza or the Chase Manhattan Bank, got a whole new appeal when seen from a closer distance. Also the Seagram Building was an even 'cooler' sight than I had thought according to the pictures, with surprisingly much black steel facade elements instead of the supposed brownish tinted appearance of the whole building. Also the neighbouring Lever Building has some truly timeless elegance in it. The Met Life Building, on the other hand, had a sorrily darkened (polluted) tone on at least its lower concrete facade portions... It was also in general quite an experience to first wander along Sixth Ave. towards MoMA, listening to Soundgarden from Walkmans ;^) and seeing how fleshy (yes, that was the word, Finnish 'lihallinen', that immediately came to my mind) and massive the RCA/GE Building in fact was, how it seemed to rise so sturdily to the skies, and the Exxon Building on the other side, the striping leading the gaze to the top... Awe-inspiring. I never thought that these buildings would still in fact be so huge. Yet, to tell the truth, after the couple of first days roaming around the city, the first effect of impression had already worn out (as had the skin from the soles of my feet...) and the concentration was laid on how on earth to ever get all these buildings on film...