Dumbo and the two bridges

This is going to be a photo blog, and since bridges are dominant the view in my neighborhood, I'll show you what they look like from my office. I took this from a window in my office building.

Looking south you can see the Brooklyn Bridge very clearly every day. On this particular day it was snowing in that way in which the snow seems to be coming from every direction at once - even from the ground up. I thought it was a kind of Monet-like scene.

There something magical and solid at the same time about the B Bridge. It seems amazing that it's a real bridge, with traffic and people walking on it - very lovely but also utilitarian.

From the other side of my office building, looking north, you can see the Manhattan Bridge, after which Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is named.

Rumor has it that the artists who initially moved into Dumbo, when it was cheap and dangerous, gave it that name because they thought it would discourage others from moving in. Didn't work. Now it's chic and expensive, despite the fact the trains rumble overhead on the Manhattan Bridge making mega-decibel noise.

Here's the Manhattan Bridge, in the same snow storm. Painted blue, with little curlicues and fancy finials at the top, it's frillier looking than the B Bridge - but it's a tough old broad as well, enduring year after year of train and car traffic.

More later - gotta go to bed.