• Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
    1·
    19 days ago

    Captured with a small mirrorless camera and 50mm lens.

    This hallway reminded me of a sight gag in the Coens’ “Inside Llewyn Davis”. I like that the two neighbors have to share a doormat.

    The starkly bare hallway and contrasting tones between the walls and the doors and floor make this as much a study in abstract shapes as it is about urban living.

    • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
      2·
      19 days ago

      “Who designed this?” you might ask.

      Small NYC brownstones such as the one shown here were generally either built from the start as multi-family tenements, or were built as single-family homes and later subdivided into apartments. In the former case, the layout into individual units was part of the original design and generally fairly sane. In the latter case, landlords often tried to squeeze every square inch of rentable space out of the existing layout, at the expense of things like hallways.

      • Den of Earth@mas.to
        1·
        18 days ago

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        I feel like I saw a movie scene where two people talk from the doors to their respective apartments, in an arrangement just like this one.

        Can’t for the life of me remember the movie. The Shape of Water? Charade (1963, not the remake)? Arg.