PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoPhotographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down15
arrow-up1239arrow-down1imagePhotographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaregeekworking@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoHe’s not on the unfinished Empire State Building because the finished building is behind him. Looks like something in midtown. Maybe Rockefeller Building?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoI have no eye for landmarks, fixed
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThat was finished in 1930, two years before this picture was taken, also the angle towards the Empire State Building doesn’t fit. The Rockefeller Center was under construction in 1932 and would fit the location.
He’s not on the unfinished Empire State Building because the finished building is behind him.
Looks like something in midtown. Maybe Rockefeller Building?
I have no eye for landmarks, fixed
Chrysler building?
That was finished in 1930, two years before this picture was taken, also the angle towards the Empire State Building doesn’t fit. The Rockefeller Center was under construction in 1932 and would fit the location.