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[Desertdi]

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@Bookplate wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

The iron workers  on the high- rise beams are called "skywalkers"

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@Desertdi  Many of the amazing skywalkers who worked on the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Twin Towers, and the Brooklyn  and George Washington Bridges, to name just a few, were members of the Mohawk Nation.

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@Bookplate 

In the post WW2 "building boom"...my dad took me down to The Loop to see them.      di

[Desertdi]

Tribune Tower (Gothic), Chicago   1925

[They CallMe MRWILKES]

Through May 10th you can purchase a King Kong Sundae on the observation deck:

[Luvitorleaveit1]

@They CallMe MRWILKES - thanks for the pictures.  Happy 95 anniversary to our Empire State Building!  Wowzee you had to be a special type of person to deal with the height, I  could not, no way no how.

I was born and raised and worked in NYC until retiring earlier this year and never been to the Empire State building and I am sure I am not alone.  I have been there many times in my head watching the movies that have been filmed there over the years.

[Iwantcoffee]

Photo to celebrate the 95th birthday.

[Puzzle Piece]

My neighbor is currently there visiting NYC.  He must be fuming as Spirit Airlines closed down and he doesn't have an airline to fly back home.  Of course he will re-book but so will many others.  

[just bee]

@Desertdi 

"Big John" went up during my childhood in Chicago.  Went to the top and that's when I first discovered, when my legs locked and I couldn't walk to the windows to get a better look at the city, that I had a little issue with heights.

Didn't stop me from going up to the observation deck of the Empire State Building twenty years later...

[just bee]

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@Oznell wrote:

An Art Deco masterpiece!  Thanks for posting, @They CallMe MRWILKES .

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@Oznell 

Speaking of Art Deco...

[Desertdi]

@just bee 

I never went up in the Willis Tower.  I didn't think that building  was worthy of Chicago's incredible architecture.

I did go up to the Top of the Rock (Prudential Bldg) and ate lunch at Stouffers every time I went down to The Loop.    You can see the Michigan shoreline from there!

[just bee]

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@Desertdi wrote:

@just bee 

I never went up in the Willis Tower.  I didn't think that building  was worthy of Chicago's incredible architecture.

I did go up to the Top of the Rock (Prudential Bldg) and ate lunch at Stouffers every time I went down to The Loop.    You can see the Michigan shoreline from there!

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@Desertdi 

Yes, but "John" certainly stood out.  A replica, much smaller and in copper, sits on a shelf in my house today.

Two Prudential Plaza echoes the Chrysler Building...

Have a soft spot for The Wrigley...

But the Marina Towers always say Chicago to me...