the old and the new
Taken from the Motoazabu (元麻布) area of Tokyo, that’s Mori Tower in the background.
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Taken from the Motoazabu (元麻布) area of Tokyo, that’s Mori Tower in the background.
When the Tokyo Tower was built in 1958 I bet it dwarfed everything else in Tokyo. There probably weren’t many buildings at the time that were more than a few stories. All that has changed of course. Although it is still technically taller than the Mori Tower, the location of the Mori Tower is higher so from this angle the Tokyo Tower looks far shorter. Here’s a photo of the Tokyo Tower from Mori Tower.
Today’s photo shows a different time of day and year compared to the recent post of the giant spider sculpture in Roppongi.
In the Mori Art Museum in late 2009 there was an exhibit called “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” Some of the works in the exhibit had an interconnected theme. This bike sculpture reminded me a bit of something by M.C. Escher.