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“Lunchtime on a Skyscraper” – Famous 1932 Image Recreated in 2011

The famous original photo showed 11 workers in flat caps precariously perched on a steel beam 800ft (240m) above the ground. But in 2011, these construction engineers in London swapped vests for high-visibility jackets and safety harnesses as they ate out on a 755ft (230m) tall building.

The photo – modelled on Charles C Ebbets’s famous 1932 original, Lunch atop a Skyscraper – was taken by Michael Crompton, 61, as he worked on Heron Tower in central London last year. The 46-floor building is the third tallest in the capital.


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Street Art: Miniature Buildings

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German street artist EVOL transforms banal urban surfaces into miniature lifelike buildings. He is like an urban planner, but unlike the others, he creates a city within the city.

The artist uses complicated stencils to quickly transform powerboxes, and other worn urban surfaces into miniature apartment buildings or other structures. By drawing tiny balconies and satellite dishes onto the side of an electrical box, he is able to turn it into a realistic tiny skyscraper.

EVOL’s works are so precise that, when you’re glancing at photographs, it sometimes might be hard to tell that you’re not looking at pictures of real buildings. Continue reading Street Art: Miniature Buildings

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