Elece Green

I work near the Chrysler Building, one of New York City's most fabulous and iconic buildings...

and one rainy afternoon as I fought the crowds down Lexington, I spotted this magnificent structure's reflection slumming it in a dirty puddle with a couple of soggy, discarded cigarette butts.

I didn't think about it at the moment I shot it, but it's an apt illustration of NYC: The gritty and the sublime, elements of one distinct character.

And on Instagram, I titled the photo, "Cigarette Butts and Chrysler."