I confess to having a bit of a "thing" for the Gherkin, the building on the left of the picture. My friends don't understand me, but I have a feeling that some people here would. The building on the right is the NatWest tower. I think the official name is Tower 42 since NatWest sold it. The official name of the Gherkin is the "Swiss Re tower" after the Swiss bank that owns it.
The picture was taken on Thursday last week from the landing of the top floor of my office.
I am really lucky. My daily grind in New York takes me to the 16th floor opposite the Chrysler building. Whenever I'm sick of smashing away at my keyboard, I can swivel around in my chair and look out my...