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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground': the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building

Poised on a steel cable a quarter of a mile above Manhattan, a weather-beaten man in work dungarees reaches up to tighten a bolt. Below, though you hardly dare to look down, lies the Hudson River, the sprawling cityscape of New York and the US itself, rolling out on to the far horizon. If you fell from this rarefied spot, it would take about 11 seconds to hit the ground.
Photography
Bicycling
fromBikeMag
1 month ago

A Photographer's Love Letter to the American Bicycle Brand That Defined Generations

A 240-page hardcover documents Waterford bicycle factory's final days, capturing machines, textures, and legacy through intimate photography and personal connection.
Science
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

alastair philip wiper photographs the secret city in oak ridge national laboratory, tennessee

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established in 1943 for the Manhattan Project, evolved into a major multidisciplinary research center; Wiper's photographs reveal its concealed industrial interiors.
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