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Donkees

(33,745 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2023, 07:15 PM Jan 2023

▶️ Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: The Story Behind The 1932 Photo [View all]

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.

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▶️ Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: The Story Behind The 1932 Photo [View all] Donkees Jan 2023 OP

"The people who actually built the buildings are forgotten." Chainfire Jan 2023 #1

We know three of their names now: Joseph Eckner, Joe Curtis, Gustav (Gusti) Popovic Donkees Jan 2023 #6

I've always loved the guy on the far right. ZZenith Jan 2023 #2

'The first man from the right, holding a bottle, has been identified as Slovak worker Gustav Popovic Donkees Jan 2023 #4

Thanks for the backstory! ZZenith Jan 2023 #9

''By the end of World War II, Gusti was killed by a grenade in his village ... Donkees Jan 2023 #10

Well. Shit. ZZenith Jan 2023 #11

He is still honored in his village as its most glorious native: Donkees Jan 2023 #12

Donkees, Thank you for posting this. It always made me wonder how they got up from a sitting debm55 Jan 2023 #3

They jumped :) 'What is also known is that a completely finished floor was likely beneath...' Donkees Jan 2023 #5

HIghest I ever had to work was at about 90 ft on an expanded metal catwalk. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #7

Third from the right. His last name is Hughs. Earth-shine Jan 2023 #8

It's not easy to get twelve workers to ..hey, careful, dangit. ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2023 #13

They added a new guy: Donkees Jan 2023 #14