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Photographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932 (lemmy.world)
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[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He's not on the unfinished Empire State Building because the finished building is behind him.

Looks like something in midtown. Maybe Rockefeller Building?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I have no eye for landmarks, fixed

[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chrysler building?

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

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.