Visitors to New York's Rockefeller Center will now have the opportunity to recreate the iconic 1932 photograph, “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” that captured construction workers eating while sitting on a metal beam 800 feet in the air.
The 11 workers with their feet dangling over the New York City skyline came to represent the courage and determination behind the American dream. With boxed sandwiches and cigarettes, the men seem surprisingly indifferent, barely stopping to take in the astonishing views of Manhattan and beyond.
Even though the image is believed to have been a publicity photo (the identity of the photographer is unknown), it has managed to continue to attract new generations.
Now we can also enjoy this unique and unobstructed perspective of the city. “The Beam” is Rockefeller Center's new interactive experience that some visitors with vertigo may find a little too immersive. The New York landmark invites intrepid tourists to be strapped atop a replica steel beam before being lifted 12 feet above the building's 70th-floor observation deck and rotated 180 degrees to take in the cityscape of New York City. breathtaking.
As the beam rotates, visitors will have the opportunity to pose for their own photo to remember the experience. These modern versions will reflect how much the city has grown and evolved in the nine decades since the original was built.
The new offer is provided by Tishman Speyer Properties, the real estate company responsible for the reconstruction of the much-loved Art Deco building. Tickets for “The Beam” can be purchased for $25 in addition to general admission to Rockefeller Center’s “Top of the Rock” observation deck. Digital photo is included.
Source: Artnet News