View Single Post
  #19  
Old 05-29-2015, 09:38 AM
MVSNYC MVSNYC is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 3,561
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by barrysloate View Post
When you are actually standing on the Brooklyn waterfront, or on the promenade in Brooklyn Heights, and viewing the statue, you will see it does not come to a point on top. In the card of Burch, the building in the background looks more like a steeple. The actual statue wears a crown and has one arm outstretched. I suppose at a certain angle the outstretched arm could look like a steeple, but there is nothing to support the SOL being featured on that card.
+1

Plus, he wouldn't be standing on the waterfront anyway, their field was much further back into BK. I'm positive it is a church/cathedral spire...again, there were many in BK, and downtown Manhattan. As Ted pointed out earlier, Manhattan might be ruled out, but certainly many visible in BK.

Last edited by MVSNYC; 05-29-2015 at 09:38 AM.
Reply With Quote