A dense skyline of skyscrapers in warm rose, coral and olive tones fills the left two-thirds, with a single spired tower rising above the rest. On the right, a massive stone suspension-bridge tower with a pointed gothic arch stands close in the foreground, its cables fanning across the sky toward a bright point of light and thin pink and gold rays.

The scene is viewed from a slightly elevated waterfront across a calm harbor, rendered in streaked horizontal strokes of pink, lavender and peach. Soft, hazy late-afternoon light keeps the buildings as impressionistic blocks of color, and thick palette-knife impasto, with ridged strokes and small mosaic-like dabs in the stonework, gives the canvas a tactile surface.