An Oldie but a Goodie

Wally · 02-01-2006, 06:03 PM

From 1932. I get puckered everytime I study this photo. How about you?

bluesdave · 02-01-2006, 06:35 PM

That looks like a photo from the building of the Empire State Building in NY. Am I right? It's about the right date.

Beestie · 02-01-2006, 07:29 PM

They built that building in about a year. Amazing. It was finished in 1930 so if the pic is really from 1932 it may be another building.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-01-2006, 10:38 PM

The Bank of Manhattan Building and Chryslers Building were done a year before that. If it was '32 they were mighty happy to be working.

Sundae · 02-02-2006, 11:11 AM

The RCA Building at the Rockefeller Center

I'm terrified of heights, I'd like to have that casual about them... although I suppose I'd have to wish for a better sense of balance to go with it.

Trilby · 02-02-2006, 11:24 AM

No. Way.

York · 02-02-2006, 12:05 PM

I only know it from the posters they sell over here, but its a great photo in a great time!

glatt · 02-02-2006, 12:09 PM

I suppose OSHA is really a good thing. We have a lot fewer workplace deaths now. But I miss the cool shit they did back then. You never get to see a guy riding on a girder up to be placed at the top of a 50 story building.

Undertoad · 02-02-2006, 12:23 PM

Strange thing about that, glatt, is that if you looked at a graph of workplace deaths and workplace accidents over time, you would see a general downward trend and you would not be able to figure out where OSHA began.

Happy Monkey · 02-02-2006, 12:56 PM

The mentality that created OSHA had to build up before OSHA was actually created.

Undertoad · 02-02-2006, 01:13 PM

And the mentality is what actually keeps people safer, not federal bureaucracies.

Happy Monkey · 02-02-2006, 01:46 PM

Right. But the beaurocracy provides guidelines and relief from bad actors.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2006, 06:51 PM

Exactly,....OSHA is a valuable tool for workers, kinda like a big brother you can count on when the bullies are after you.
Unfortunately, when OSHA goes out on it's own without being asked, it generates more stupid blunders and stories that make your eyes roll back in your head, than anything else. Everything seems to point to justify the budget at all costs.

02-01-2006, 06:03 PM	#1
Wally Ripperologist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8	An Oldie but a Goodie From 1932. I get puckered everytime I study this photo. How about you? Attached Images

02-01-2006, 06:35 PM	#2
bluesdave Getting older every day Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 308	That looks like a photo from the building of the Empire State Building in NY. Am I right? It's about the right date. __________________ History is a great teacher; it is a shame that people never learn from it.

02-01-2006, 07:29 PM	#3
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	They built that building in about a year. Amazing. It was finished in 1930 so if the pic is really from 1932 it may be another building. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

02-01-2006, 10:38 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Bank of Manhattan Building and Chryslers Building were done a year before that. If it was '32 they were mighty happy to be working. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2006, 11:24 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	No. Way. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-02-2006, 11:11 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The RCA Building at the Rockefeller Center I'm terrified of heights, I'd like to have that casual about them... although I suppose I'd have to wish for a better sense of balance to go with it.

02-02-2006, 12:05 PM	#7
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	I only know it from the posters they sell over here, but its a great photo in a great time!

02-02-2006, 12:09 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I suppose OSHA is really a good thing. We have a lot fewer workplace deaths now. But I miss the cool shit they did back then. You never get to see a guy riding on a girder up to be placed at the top of a 50 story building.

02-02-2006, 12:23 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Strange thing about that, glatt, is that if you looked at a graph of workplace deaths and workplace accidents over time, you would see a general downward trend and you would not be able to figure out where OSHA began.

02-02-2006, 12:56 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The mentality that created OSHA had to build up before OSHA was actually created. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-02-2006, 01:13 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	And the mentality is what actually keeps people safer, not federal bureaucracies.

02-02-2006, 01:46 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Right. But the beaurocracy provides guidelines and relief from bad actors. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-02-2006, 06:51 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Exactly,....OSHA is a valuable tool for workers, kinda like a big brother you can count on when the bullies are after you. Unfortunately, when OSHA goes out on it's own without being asked, it generates more stupid blunders and stories that make your eyes roll back in your head, than anything else. Everything seems to point to justify the budget at all costs. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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