The view from your (work) window.

Seaplanes landing on Lake Union.

I work at home and my house is at the top of a hill. My view is across a very large horse pasture and down into the valley with a few homes and mostly hay and corn fields. I get close up views of visitors that range from hawks, a young eagle, deer, wild turkey, skunks (I usually smell them before they get in view) and (of course) the various farm animals (sheep, goat, horses, cows) go wandering by daily according to their grazing patterns.

I moved from the geocentric center of a 3 story building with curved hallways such that one never could see outside or even if there was daylight. Or in the Seattle area if it was raining.

Now I have a hallway between me and large windows gazing out on the garbage collection for the area. At least I know if the sun is out or if it’s raining.

Might post a pic, as I’ve realized that I need to run in to the office to print off my Amtrak ticket for my DC visit later this week. But to summarize: I have a lovely view of the south side of the Citigroup building. Not even any windows at my level. I have occasionally thought about submitting it to the elevator people. :slight_smile:

My next job will have a better view, I suspect, as it’ll be on a higher floor.

ETA: The view from my apartment, on the other hand, is excellent. If they’re having fireworks on the Hudson, I can see them from here on 2nd Ave.

No windows, we are hardened to survive a cat 3 hurricane.

So I have a lovely gray wall in front of me, with the fire panel on it. To the left I have other work stations then another gray wall - this one with a clock showing time in 5 diffrent zones (US & India). To the right I have a gray wall with our corporate credo on it then windows to the “bubble” where big wigs can come and watch the techs at work.

I work at home. From my home office, to the left is a window looking out onto the backyard, and to the right is a blue wall with a picture an artist friend did of a character of mine.

Yes. On a somewhat windy day.

This. Exciting, yeah? No sea or cityscapes for me. I work from home.

To the north and east, cubicle walls. To the south and west, windows that look out onto the parking lot. So, not much - but at least I have windows!

I have no window, I am in a dark and quiet corner of the basement. I get air and light only when I leave my desk for a drink or to let the dogs out. Reason number 8,459,283 why I can’t wait til we move into the new house. My office is the only room I have completely planned so far (19 months and counting!)

If I ignore the parking lot in the foreground, I’ve got a really nice view of downtown and the lake.

Lake Erie!

I generally have not had great views. In two of my offices I had no window at all. Usually I have a view of the parking lot, or the buildings next door/across the street, or both.

But for one job, I had a view of the mill pond or the river downstream from it. (I had two different offices there)That was my best view

Is it the middle of winter there? Where are the leaves? But still… nice!

I don’t have a window. If I get moved across the hall, I’ll have a lovely view of under a temporary walkway.

England.

This (sorry for the crappy iPod pic). I work on a college campus and I sit right next to two floor-to-ceiling windows that face a courtyard. The blinds are usually closed and in the pic you can see why - the light in the morning will slowly bake you like a lizard in the desert. The opposite wall features the door of my office.

I don’t face the windows, but behind me is a view of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the base of the CN Tower, a bit of the Rogers Centre, and a bit of Toronto Island (and Lake Ontario, of course). The window to my left shows the sides of a bunch of high-rise buildings, including the CBC Toronto Broadcasting Centre.

Window? You get a WINDOW?

My desk is cube-farm city, but out in the public area I can see the hospital where I was born. And the occasional car theft. Mostly ugly buildings and parking garages.

Right outside of my window is a tiny strip of Lake Erie marshland:

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That view included a few of the lower branches of a pine tree, and it’s not all that healthy, so the needles aren’t there anymore. It’s growing in sand, and I doubt it gets the best nutrition, so it puts all of its energy in growing at the top. I probably should cut it down and expand the view.