I had previously approached the new Whitney Museum from the north by way of Chelsea and the Highline.   I hadn’t realised how closely connected it is to the smart streets of Greenwich village with their rows of Federal houses.   

It’s not an easy building to photograph as it it’s right up against the Highline to the east and the highway to the west.

Here it is from the west:-

It certainly makes spectacularly good use of its situation, with decks of outside viewing stations with views south the length of, and across Manhattan:-