I want to express that I am upstairs in a building and observing events down the street. Which sentence does it describe in accordance with standard English:
1. I am looking down from the window.
2. I am looking down the window.
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In this case the window is more of a place then an object, so number 1 would be correct 2 would be incorrect. In number 1 are you expressing that you are watching from the window.
That sentence in the first part (*I am looking *) doesn't change through both 1 and 2. But the second part (down from the window / down the window) would change. 1 Means that you are looking down to the street from the window. (Which is exactly what I think you mean), 2 More likely means that you are looking down at the window not from it. (Which I'm pretty sure you are not trying to express that).
So answer would be 1.