Photographer Charles Ebbets taking photo of construction workers having lunch on the unfinished

[tblue37]

Empire State Building:

Link to tweet

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Isn't that the Empire State Bldg in the background?

[Xoan]

2. I suspect the pic is fake.

[brush]

3. Yep. Someone doesn't know their NYC skyline very well.

[sdfernando]

4. Yes it is.

The building being constructed was 11 Rockerfeller Center

At least thats what the google machine says.

[tblue37]

5. Thanks!

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6. Here's a video about those pictures:

[Skittles]

8. what boggles my mind isn't that someone could do that

but that so many of them did that, and just looked so freaking CASUAL about it.....truly amazing

[panader0]

7. I was at a job where a huge I-beam was hoisted into position. About 50 ft above the floor.

It was secured at each end, but someone had to go out on the beam and undo the hoist cable.
The foreman's son, an aspiring iron worker, was chosen. He went out almost to the cable and
froze. He could not move. An more experienced guy went out and had to climb over the guy, release
the cable, and call down for a rescue harness. He put it on the kid, who was hoisted up, set down
by the work trailer, got in his truck and drove home.