November 1998.
It was a dull autumn day. My father and I were in New York City to visit a friend. We spent the afternoon wandering around on the subway system.
I made this photo at East New York Junction where the Canarsie Line crosses the Broadway Line.
The sky was dark and swollen and the street lights were just coming on. To make the most of the lighting, I exposed this photo on black & white film with my Nikon F3T with an AI 24mm Nikkor lens.
I’ve always felt there was an apocalyptic aesthetic to this image.
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I do not have anything significant on the New York Central High Line in Manhattan, but Jim Shaughnessy does. I think some were in his recent photo retrospective. Also, I may have used some of Jim’s in the New York Central color history (hard cover) that was published by Andover Junction/Voyageur Press about 6 years ago. I hope that helps.
Brian Solomon
If you have any old pictures of what is now the High Line in New York City, I would be interested in seeing them.