A Tribute to Iron Workers on Labor Day: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, 1932

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1. Kas Winters says:

   September 2, 2019 at 10:14 pm

   Thank you Diane! What an amazing story told in pictures. Kas Winters

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   • dianeravitch says:

     September 2, 2019 at 10:42 pm

     I was amazed to see the photographers walking the steel beams. Reminded me that I have a fear of heights.

     Acrophobia.

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2. Mike Rose says:

   September 2, 2019 at 10:25 pm

   Yes, thank you, Diane. This picture has special resonance today, I think, given the probability that every one of those guys was an immigrant or the son of immigrants: Irish, Eastern European, Russian Jew, or Southern Italian. Our forebears. And our Acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, wants to rewrite Emma Lazarus’ poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

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   • dianeravitch says:

     September 2, 2019 at 10:41 pm

     Thanks, Mike. Last week I posted a link to a PBS special about the Jewish legacy to Broadway. All of our great Broadway composers and lyricists were immigrants or children of immigrants.

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     September 2, 2019 at 10:49 pm

     Thank you, Mike! Yes, yes, yes.

     It’s interesting that fiends like Trump, Miller, and Cuccinelli wrap themselves in the flag but haven’t a clue what this country is about.

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3. Bob Shepherd says:

   September 2, 2019 at 10:48 pm

   “I think it’s kinda sad, because everybody else gets a credit, and the people who actually built the building are forgotten.”

   Thank you, Diane, for not forgetting them.

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4. retired teacher says:

   September 3, 2019 at 9:03 am

   Many of the iron workers that built Manhattan’s skyscrapers were of Native American descent. It is believed that Native Americans tend to have a better sense of balance than most other people. This gift made them ideal iron workers. https://www.6sqft.com/men-of-steel-how-brooklyns-native-american-ironworkers-built-new-york/

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5. Mike Rose says:

   September 3, 2019 at 10:41 am

   Oh gosh, yes, thank you for the correction (and the wonderful link). I know better. Cuccinelli, Miller, and Company have gotten me so furious that I’m not thinking as well as I should.

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6. Linda says:

   September 3, 2019 at 1:54 pm

   CBS evening news on Labor Day avoided any mention of the holiday even though the network aired a segment about Hong Kong protests.
   The web pages of ABC and NBC news posted no articles on Monday, related to Labor Day.

   The right wing generates publicity by claiming an attack on Christmas. The real attack is on labor, through the pretense that the people who built this nation don’t exist.

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