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Really Big Panorama From King Kong
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Jacob Dobkin
Published Dec 25, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Dec 25, 2005
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Here's an extra huge panoramic shot from King Kong-- all 2048x1157 pixels of it! The angle seems to be north-west, because there's something resembling the George Washington Bridge in the far, far background. If you live on the Upper West Side, try to find your apartment building!-- yup, that was a huge mistake. You can see the tops of the two towers at 23rd and 14th streets, and Tompkins Square Park, and smokestacks in Brooklyn, so the angle is facing South-East. We were confused, because we couldn't make out any hipsters in Williamsburg! Mea culpa, mea culpa!
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Jacob Dobkin
Jake Dobkin co-founded Gothamist with Jen Chung. In 2019, Jake released Ask a Native New Yorker, a book based on his Gothamist advice column.
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