Empire State Building

[pablo42]

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Another New York view. That's me last honest. Gonna try me new camera now.

Oh, last one of New York I mean.

[underworld]

Such an exciting place and suprisingly kept very clean. The underground is great. I did the ESB twice, once in the day and once in the night. Tremendous.

[pablo42]

Odd that you often see the blue sky, but rarely see the sun.

[Mark R]

That's a great photo Pablo:handclap: I love that building :PDT11

[pablo42]

That's a great photo Pablo:handclap: I love that building :PDT11

The Rockafella is a better building by far but not as well known.

[Mark R]

The Rockafella is a better building by far but not as well known.

Yes, the Rockefeller is a great building but I prefer the ESB :PDT11

[Ged]

Have you ever seen the construction photographs of the workers sitting and lying on the girders and standing in ridiculously perrilous positions on planks of wood etc to bolt the steels together - not for me.

[pablo42]

Have you ever seen the construction photographs of the workers sitting and lying on the girders and standing in ridiculously perrilous positions on planks of wood etc to bolt the steels together - not for me.

Senn them Ged, that was taken during the building of the Rockafella building. Did you notice there was no health & Safety back then. Not a hard hat in sight. Not even a harness. They were certainly a different breed back then. I'd have been clinging on screaming.

[Ged]

Was it the Rockafeller building then and not the Empire State?

[pablo42]

Was it the Rockafeller building then and not the Empire State?

Yeah, you're talking about that photo of the four or five guys eating their butties on the steel beam aren't you. If so, that was the Rockafella Centre.

[Mark R]

I get panic attacks looking at that photo:eek:
I remember seeing a doc on the building of the Empire State Building. The riveters would heat the rivets and throw them at speed to a 'cathcher' who would then put them in the girders to be set...Very classy stuff and as you say Pablo, no health and safety:)

[pablo42]

I get panic attacks looking at that photo:eek:
I remember seeing a doc on the building of the Empire State Building. The riveters would heat the rivets and throw them at speed to a 'cathcher' who would then put them in the girders to be set...Very classy stuff and as you say Pablo, no health and safety:)

I think I've seen that. Amazing what they did back then. I don't think there were many more accidents back then. I've seen the new ones going up, and the way they send them buckets of wet concrete up is amazing. In the old days, the workers used to travel up in the same buckets. It weren't that long ago neither.

[Waterways]

Yes, the Rockefeller is a great building but I prefer the ESB :PDT11

The Chrysler buildings is the best looking with the art-deco stainless steel spire.

http://i.current.com/images/asset/891/027/04/pic1.jpg

[Waterways]

Senn them Ged, that was taken during the building of the Rockafella building. Did you notice there was no health & Safety back then. Not a hard hat in sight. Not even a harness. They were certainly a different breed back then. I'd have been clinging on screaming.

Most of the men who built those tall building were from Italian farming communities and American Indians. The Indians strangely had no fear of heights.

The Empire State was built in exactly a year. It was a large mecanno set. They had a staging area on the opposite bank of the East River and boats constantly moving to and fro. They had to co-ordinate the fleets of trucks moving to and from the site. It made military operations look amateurish.

The Americans were great organisers.

[pablo42]

The Chrysler buildings is the best looking with the art-deco stainless steel spire.

http://i.current.com/images/asset/891/027/04/pic1.jpg

That is one beauty of a building. Cracker WW.

[pablo42]

Most of the men who built those tall building were from Italian farming communities and American Indians. The Indians strangely had no fear of heights.

The Empire State was built in exactly a year. It was a large mecanno set. They had a staging area on the opposite bank of the East River and boats constantly moving to and fro. They had to co-ordinate the fleets of trucks moving to and from the site. It made military operations look amateurish.

The Americans were great organisers.

yes I've heard of the Indians and their lack of fear. Bet they soon got it as soon as someone fell off though.