{"id":2096,"date":"2008-06-11T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2008-06-10T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T01:19:47","slug":"mobil-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/mobil-eyes","title":{"rendered":"Mobil Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t take any pix yesterday when I went to NYC to interview an exec at <a href=\"http:\/\/pfizer.com\">Pfizer<\/a>, but that doesn&#8217;t mean I didn&#8217;t see any neat stuff. In this case, I discovered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc-architecture.com\/MID\/MID020.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mobil Building<\/a>, a block or so southwest of Pfizer&#8217;s HQ. A gent named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wallyg\/\" target=\"_blank\">wallyg<\/a> posted a neat pix of the building (and the nearby Chrysler building) over at flickr:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wallyg\/152451710\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2097\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/mobil-eyes\/mobil\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobil.jpg?fit=333%2C500\" data-orig-size=\"333,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mobil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobil.jpg?fit=333%2C500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2097\" title=\"mobil\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobil.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobil.jpg?w=333 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobil.jpg?resize=199%2C300 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/wallyg\/\" target=\"_blank\">wallyg<\/a>, who appears to have some other really wonderful shots up at flickr, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t take any pix yesterday when I went to NYC to interview an exec at Pfizer, but that doesn&#8217;t mean I didn&#8217;t see any neat stuff. In this case, I discovered the Mobil Building, a block or so southwest of Pfizer&#8217;s HQ. A gent named wallyg posted a neat pix of the building (and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/mobil-eyes\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mobil Eyes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,27,12,19],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-big-business","category-pharmaceuticals","category-urban-issues","tag-mobil-building"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-xO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":717,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/happy-thanksgiving","url_meta":{"origin":2096,"position":0},"title":"Happy Thanksgiving!","author":"Gil","date":"November 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The official VM fiancee moved in yesterday, and we celebrated with a double-feature of So I Married an Axe Murderer and Showgirls! 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I thought it was a neat-looking building, especially as it poked out of an existing structure like a giant f***-you: Last November, when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hearst Tower","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/198\/448741823_6b0962279c.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2928,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/compliments-for-fishing","url_meta":{"origin":2096,"position":4},"title":"Compliments for fishing","author":"Gil","date":"November 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The conference I'm attending here in Atlanta had an opening reception at the Georgia Aquarium last night. I took a couple of pix of the event for my magazine, but also tried to get some neat pix of the fishkes themselves. My dad was a photographer for much of his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;travel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/travel"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3236\/3036100371_49b392e582.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1351,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/mopix","url_meta":{"origin":2096,"position":5},"title":"Mopix!","author":"Gil","date":"February 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Amy's pix from last weekend's wedding are posted up on Flickr! There's even an okay one of us! 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