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Can You Do This???

ECBG — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:14:03 GMT

People sit atop a beam over Manhatten recreating a very old picture.

I can barely look at the picture!!!

"Lunch A Top A Sky Scraper" 1932.

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SaveTheTurtles — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:16:22 GMT

Is that for real or a photoshop pic? Regardless, HARD NO!

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ThinkingOutLoud — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:39:27 GMT

The recreated version is a 'big whoop'. There's a glass barrier wall and a brick floor right under them. Not even close to as daring as the original.

::eye roll::

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SandySparkles — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:48:51 GMT

I think the angle of the first photo makes the ladies appear higher off the ground than they actually are, and there is a glass wall-thank goodness! For the right financial incentive I might be persuaded to give it a go.😁

If the photo of the men is authentic, absolutely NOT for all the gold in Fort Knox!!!!😂

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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ECBG — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:00:31 GMT

@SaveTheTurtles

The black and white is a famous photo.

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SportyShorty07 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:32:20 GMT

I'd do it for a klondike bar!

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Zernia Rose — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:33:52 GMT

@ECBG @You're correct. It is an authentic photo of men at work on the RCA building in. New York, circa 1932. Most of the workers are immigrants in this instance. Other construction companies hired Native Americans because of the fearless work on skyscrapers.

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ECBG — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:37:17 GMT

@Zernia Rose wrote:
@ECBG @You're correct. It is an authentic photo of men at work on the RCA building in. New York, circa 1932. Most of the workers are immigrants in this instance. Other construction companies hired Native Americans because of the fearless work on skyscrapers.

@Zernia Rose

Even so, my stomach flips even looking at the picture!

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Zernia Rose — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:39:14 GMT

@ECBG @Yes, mine does also. I can't bring myself to go to Willis Tower and standing in the glass enclosure extending out from the building.

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Desertdi — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 08:45:58 GMT

NO. I panic just stepping off a curb...

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newjerseygirl — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:05:46 GMT

@ECBG @Zernia Rose It's an attraction/ride at Rockefeller Center in NYC. It's not real.

https://abc7chicago.com/rockefeller-center-the-beam-ride-attraction-lunch-atop-a-skyscraper/14132989/

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Oznell — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 13:49:08 GMT

Agreed, @ECBG , that original photo is super harrowing and never fails to make me queasy! Those men were amazing, and the photo is a priceless artifact of an earlier time...

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Desertdi — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:02:07 GMT

They are Native American "Skywalkers"

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ECBG — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:44:13 GMT

@newjerseygirl wrote:
@ECBG @Zernia Rose It's an attraction/ride at Rockefeller Center in NYC. It's not real.

https://abc7chicago.com/rockefeller-center-the-beam-ride-attraction-lunch-atop-a-skyscraper/14132989/

@newjerseygirl

Thanks but that one makes my stomach churn as well!

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Linda0215 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:52:17 GMT

Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no, no!

I don't care if it's not real, a glass enclosure around them, the floor five feet below them, or photoshopped, It still makes my stomach flip!

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haddon9 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:03:32 GMT

No, not even the new attraction...it's not for me. Maybe if I were much younger.

I can remember seeing that iconic photo many years ago and realized that this is how many of those workers spent their day and how they took their lunch. I found it very unbelievable but really how else were they going to keep building up. Some sadly did fall and lost their lives.

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mspatmac — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:05:21 GMT

I find it's a shame that we can't believe our own eyes when it comes to photographs anymore! Is it real or is it photo shopped?

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Lakelife62 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:08:48 GMT

The original photo was a staged promo for the new building. The men didn't really congregate to eat lunch.

The history behind the building of the skyscrapers is quite interesting and a testament to the diversity of traditional cultural skills needed to build this country. The Mohawk Indians played a large part in the Iron works industry in NYC.

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Sassycoco — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 20:09:08 GMT

Oh ,HE$$ NO !
I'm extremely afraid 😨 😱 😕 of heights 😅

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Zernia Rose — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 03:55:49 GMT

@newjerseygirl My comments were not in reference to the contemporary photo. I had hope that writing circa 1932 and the RCA building would have been clarifying. Again, my comments refer to the Black and white photo with only the men.