Patrick Cashin has climbed the steep cables to the top of the Throgs Neck Bridge, where peregrine falcons circled above. The birds were a bonus. He was there to photograph electricians working on one of the towers as the staff photographer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the bridges, tunnels and transit system for New York City and several surrounding counties.
“You’re like in the center of the earth, when they were still cutting the rock and blasting for the East Side Access Tunnel,” said Mr. Cashin, who recently retired. “The camera gives you a false sense of security. I got to go to the top of a lot of bridges. I went to highest point of the city and the deepest.”
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