A wide-angle, minimalist photograph of the Astoria waterfront, dominated by a tall, red and white lattice radio tower rising dramatically from a building constructed over the water. The scene features a white commercial structure on a pier and a wooden platform leading off to the right. In the foreground, weathered wooden pilings stand in the calm, gray water. The entire scene is set under a vast, bright, overcast sky, emphasizing the isolation and height of the broadcasting structure on the Columbia River.