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We don't know their names, nor the photographer who immortalized them, but these men lunching 800 feet up show the daredevil spirit behind Manhattan's vertical expansion.
Chainfire
(17,549 posts)That is just the way it is, and always has been....We remember the politicians, bankers and developers.
I spent my life in construction work, and I will tell you the truth; I have always found that photo terrifying. Of course the Wallenda family had it technically right about great heights when they said that anything above 75 feet doesn't matter. I have worked on top of completed high-rises and I can tell you that, to me, it mattered if I had to go near the edge.
Donkees
(31,418 posts)Even if the finished floor existed, the image is nonetheless terrifying to view, given that the workers aren't wearing any safety gear of any kind and that they are some 800 feet above the streets below.
https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/8082-lunch-atop-a-skyscraper-the-story-behind-the-death-defying-1932-photo
ZZenith
(4,124 posts)Whiskey for lunch at 800 feet - why not?
Donkees
(31,418 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper
ZZenith
(4,124 posts)Sadly humorous. Humorously sad. I hope Marika was able to cope.
Donkees
(31,418 posts)https://www.facebook.com/cocoonbru/photos/a.1690816924522914/2050508891887047/
ZZenith
(4,124 posts)Nothing humorous about that.
I hope they knew some periods of joy between all the struggles.
Donkees
(31,418 posts)This sign points the way to his grave, and the grave includes the photo
He sent her the postcard after she died
debm55
(25,218 posts)position to stand up. That truly is an iconic photo.
Donkees
(31,418 posts)Even if the finished floor existed, the image is nonetheless terrifying to view, given that the workers aren't wearing any safety gear of any kind and that they are some 800 feet above the streets below.
https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/8082-lunch-atop-a-skyscraper-the-story-behind-the-death-defying-1932-photo
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,355 posts)No way in hell I'd be where those guys were.
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)He was the father of my next-door neighbor when I was growing up in the 70s. Looks just like him.
This famous photo is staged. It is not spontaneous. The man's great-granddaughter told me so.
I never saw the "hats off" photo before.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)It's not easy to get eleven workers to pose like that.