We’re back in the 2009-era Meatpacking District and, for all the questionable detail around the fire escape and the building it’s arguably attached to, what caught my eye was that porthole. For instance: Why? What? What happens if you dive in? Or… does anything or anyone ever come out? If there’s a fire, would it be faster (or safer!) to get out through that porthole?

As with many of the pictures of that area from that walk, interesting things turned up that just ended up being unanswerable, and they’re long gone.

September 5, 2009. Nikon D90 (DX sensor), Nikon DX 18–105mm lens at 40 mm (35mm equivalent: 60 mm), f/13, 1/124, ISO 1,250.