Per these photos by Bobby Williams, you can see that the workers have signed the top beam and placed a
Anyway, say what you want about the incoming 51 Astor Place (like calling it a Death Star) ... there is something rather hypnotic about watching the workers' high-wire act...
As a bonus, a shot of the top of the crane here...
Photos by Bobby Williams.
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Looks like they've "topped out" the steel. They usually put up a tree during the topping out ceremony. (I watch Discovery Channel alot.)
Not topped off yet. More floors to come.
I don't know how people can work way up high like that. My stomach was in knots just looking at the photos.
Goodbye, blue sky, goodbye. Goodbye.
I walk by this thing every day and I can't begin to tell you how intrusive the Death Star is to the block and the skyline. The building obliterates everything else around it. It's such a horror and so out of place for the neighborhood.
What's with the holiday/Christmas thing? Christmas has trees. Hanukkah does not.
That's actually something called a Wiecha tree. As per Polish tradition, it is placed above a building as it is being constructed for good luck.
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