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...can anyone pinpoint where this is?  I'm hoping to hop across the pond with a wonderful model and friend, and we're looking to shoot some cool cityscapes, something like the above, so I'm trying to work out where this was shot. After some extensive scouring around in Google Maps/Earth I kind of narrowed it down to possibly Gantry Plaza State Park in the Hunters Point/Long Island City district. And yes, I have messaged the photographer who took the pic, but have not heard back as yet. Maybe one of the New Yorkers on here can confirm...where's Udor? Oct 20 16 02:52 am Link My guess would be here. You can see the rocks at the tip of Belmont. Oct 20 16 03:46 am Link K I M I L Y wrote: You could be right. At first I thought it might be the other side in NJ, as in Hoboken (Frank Sinatra Dr), but it's clearly not as the sun couldn't be in that position behind her. Oct 20 16 08:36 am Link It actually looks more like it's taken from Roosevelt Island, which you can reach by tram or subway. On the lower left is a building visible. I used to live in that one, almost on the top (31st Floor of 34 floors). and located on 34th Street and second Avenue. The Roosevelt Island tram is along the north side of the 59th Street bridge. This looks like it's taken between 9 and 11am, as the sun sets behind the skyline from this angle. I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that I am very close to the description. Also, the distance is way too short to be taken from New Jersey or Queens/Brooklyn. so, yeah... best bet is Roosevelt Island! Oct 20 16 10:50 am Link K I M I L Y wrote: No, I think this is correct. The angle is not right to have been taken from Roosevelt Island. We are looking at the East face of the ESB and from Roosevelt, you would see more of the North side. Oct 20 16 10:56 am Link FilmmakerDC wrote: Belmont Island is almost directly in front of the UN and I think you may get the UN building in view. Oct 20 16 11:58 am Link Maybe this helps a bit:  UN concealed by the banner I reckon. It's pretty obvious there's been some cloning going on but the wider perspective might help a little. Oct 20 16 12:17 pm Link I worked on Roosevelt island n recognise the view. That wall she is standing on is at the southern tip of the island in the new park built a couple years ago. Take the F train one stop out of manhattan. Oct 20 16 12:32 pm Link The F-Stop wrote: Yes, and Belmont Island doesn't have a built structure like the one visible! Oct 20 16 12:43 pm Link The F-Stop wrote: Well I'm more confused than ever! I just Googled the Island and this is the view from the southern most tip. Oct 20 16 12:59 pm Link The F-Stop wrote: The UN and the ESB would be almost perfectly aligned behind the model if that was true. Oct 20 16 12:59 pm Link udor wrote: I think you're mistaken. What built structure are you referring to? Oct 20 16 01:02 pm Link We have to also bear in mind that the pic of the model was taken in 2008, a lot can change in nearly 9 years! Oct 20 16 01:08 pm Link L o n d o n F o g wrote: She probably has wrinkles by now. Oct 20 16 01:09 pm Link K I M I L Y wrote: In your post you are linking to Belmont Island as a possible location of that shoot! K I M I L Y wrote: The model is standing on a smooth stone platform, which doesn't exist on Belmont Island, which is also not accessible to the public! Oct 20 16 01:10 pm Link then its from down the road on vernon blvd. there are a few parks along there. but at the correct angle???? that is tge fdr in the pic. Oct 20 16 01:11 pm Link udor wrote: No I'm not. Oct 20 16 01:13 pm Link udor wrote: Udor, check my Google snapshot, it's impossible for it to have been taken from Roosevelt Island! I am surfing that area now on Google Earth and Maps, and it's got to be from the Hunters Point area! Oct 20 16 01:17 pm Link K I M I L Y wrote: The photo was taken from here (Gantry Plaza State Park). Click on the link in the original post (quoted above) and you will see the vantage point. "You can see the rocks of the tip of Belmont" does not mean the photo was taken from Belmont. Belmont is hidden behind the blue banner in the wide shot. See the green shrubs? That's not on the other side of the river, it's in the middle of the river. Try and debunk the image from that perspective. It all lines up. Oct 20 16 01:26 pm Link FilmmakerDC wrote:
Oct 20 16 01:31 pm Link very good! just south of RI off vernon blvd. thats it! when i was working on RI that park was a dump. Oct 20 16 01:37 pm Link Definitely the Gantry Plaza State Park... Nov 2015  May 2016  Sept 2016  Oct 20 16 02:03 pm Link I am no expert, but it looks like the model was shot in a studio.. Maybe the green screen thing and pasted on the New York sky line...Does not answer the location question except it is somewhere in Queen by the East River Oct 20 16 05:08 pm Link Googol Getty images Bruce Yuanyue B1 you might locate the place.... Oct 20 16 05:38 pm Link I took this shot by the East river in Astoria.  Oct 21 16 09:57 pm Link Hunter's Point Studio36 Oct 21 16 10:18 pm Link If it helps, I have spoken to that photographer in the past, it wasn't immediate after I sent him a msg, but he did eventually reply, and you can also find the model through his port, and you could probably send her a msg too. Oct 21 16 11:00 pm Link L o n d o n F o g wrote: Yes...as K I M I L Y and yourself pointed out correctly Gantry Park and the location is indeed the corner of a small sea wall at the peninsula to right of the pier along 48 Ave as seen in KIMILY link. Oct 22 16 05:28 am Link Jerry Nemeth wrote: Thats the triborough bridge. Oct 22 16 03:13 pm Link DespayreFX wrote: Thanks to all, but I think we've worked out where this spot is. Oct 22 16 05:37 pm Link |
