This was shot from the window where I used to work facing east across sixth avenue (between 21st & 22nd street).
It hasn't been doctored in photoshop.
a) What's wrong with this picture.
ANSWER: THE CARS ARE MOVING THE WRONG WAY ON SIXTH AVENUE. SIXTH AVENUE RUNS UPTOWN. THE CARS ARE MOVING DOWNTOWN.
b) What could the reason be?
CLUE: THE FIRST THREE CARS ARE ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER. You can clearly see the bar attaching the first and 2nd cars. The link between the 2nd and third cars is less visible but it's there.
AND THE FINAL CLUE IS: SAMUEL L. JACKSON
YES:
Die Hard: With a Vengeance They did at least one big car crash / explosion on 6th Avenue. The film came out in 1995, so figure this was shot around then. I waited for a while on 6th avenue with my Hexar, for the explosion but they kept having glitches and calling it off. Finally I had to get in to work so I went up to the 4th Floor, and there was a window that you could actually open - leaned out and shot this as the cars were moving DOWN sixth avenue. When I first saw the negative the other day - I was just wondering about the odd configuration of the cars. When I looked closer, I saw the bar and chain holding the first cars together and remembered the movie shot that day.
