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  1. 03-15-2023, 05:22 PM #1
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    Painting the Woolworth Building in 1926. At 792 feet, it was the tallest building in the world until 1930.
    How about the guy free standing on the spire?!


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    Guys in the bosuns chairs not tied off either.
    That guy free climbed that spire. Insane.
    From the modern day picture it looks like they streamlined those spires.

    They did the same thing with my church. Originally built in 1865, it has many small spires.
    Historical pictures show them changing over the years.
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    Go to YouTube. Search for Fred Dibnah Steeple Jack. The Brits among us know of him. He’d be proud to have a pint with these guys.
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    When I was 'young and stupid' ( my words ), I got a job on Chicago's John Hancock Center - doing construction cleanup / sweeping - my first task was to sweep the slab for the 65th floor, when all there was, was the slab and the corner beams. My hat is off to those guys who can work high in the air ! ! !



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    I don't know how they did it. I think I would starve before I could do that.
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    So is chair on steroids, or is the guy sitting there calmly on steroids? It would definitely take something way more powerful than steroids to get me up there. I get acrophobia in shoes with thick soles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich Jones View Post
    Guys in the bosuns chairs not tied off either.
    That guy free climbed that spire. Insane.
    From the modern day picture it looks like they streamlined those spires.

    They did the same thing with my church. Originally built in 1865, it has many small spires.
    Historical pictures show them changing over the years.


    Good eye, Rich.

    I suppose streamlining the spires makes them easier to maintain, huh?


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    F-that...
    I would break my fingers just trying to hold on to something, anything
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    It's the guys pushing wheelbarrows full of concrete along I-beams that always impress me in those old photos.
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