I’ve never seen The Towering Inferno, but considering it stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, it’s probably a good flick. It arrived in theaters sometime in 1974, a full year before I was even born. Despite not ever seeing it, I’ve heard the name multiple times and it was the film that came to my mind when I was looking at this image for Movie Title Wednesday.
I’ve posted a few shots of Chase Tower since moving downtown (here and here), but I end up going back to it when the background and reflections will be different. One day I will probably have a series of images from this very spot with varying types of weather backdrops. This was sunrise on Tuesday morning and I wasn’t sure if I had missed it or not, but I headed up to the top of a nearby parking garage and suddenly the sky behind (and to the southwest) of the building exploded in a beautiful orange plume of color. Not only that, but the sky to the east of it was also lit up, so you get a reflection off the building.
There is something so simple and stark about a building framed against a sky with nothing else around it. Almost feels unreal… isolated…lonely. I love it.
Been a great week for weather in Phoenix…amazing morning and evening skies, rainy, gray clouds…and more to come.
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Very serene shot. You’re right, it does feel very isolated even though I’m sure it’s in the middle of a bustling downtown. The colours are stunning…I think this is my fave of your shots of Chase Tower
Beautiful overall image. The color is awesome.
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