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  2. Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Wikipedia

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    Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a black-and-white photograph taken on September 20, 1932, of eleven ironworkers sitting on a steel beam of the RCA Building, 850 feet (260 meters) above the ground during the construction of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City. It was a staged photograph arranged as a publicity stunt, part of a campaign ...

  3. Chrysler Building - Wikipedia

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    The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.At 1,046 ft (319 m), it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework.

  4. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    The Park Row Building, at 391 feet (119 m), was the city's tallest building from 1899 to 1908, [27] and the world's tallest office building during the same time span. [28] By 1900, fifteen skyscrapers in New York City exceeded 250 feet (76 m) in height. [23]: 280 New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper.

  5. New Rockefeller Center attraction lets visitors recreate ...

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    The attraction allows guests to recreate the 1932 photo "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” which was originally published in The New York Herald-Tribune on October 2, 1932. Beam attraction inspired by ...

  6. 111 West 57th Street - Wikipedia

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    111 West 57th Street, also known as Steinway Tower, is a supertall residential skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States.Developed by JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, it is situated along Billionaires' Row on the north side of 57th Street near Sixth Avenue.

  7. Woolworth Building - Wikipedia

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    The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall (241 m) residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. Designed by Cass Gilbert, it was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1929, and it remains one of the nation's 100 tallest buildings as of 2024.

  8. The 50- and 60-story residential towers, meanwhile, nod to the modernist New York City buildings of the 1950s and 1960s thanks to their striped glass and aluminum facades. Measuring 550 and 650 ...

  9. New York City's skyscrapers are built to withstand most ... - AOL

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    The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. The 4.8 magnitude quake on Friday morning was centered about ...