"QUANTUM SHOT" #210 Up on the Roof Start with the closest available roof of a skyscraper... Many wonderful things can be tried (some with success) on top of skyscraper roofs, likely to cure your fear of heights once and for all: 1. Set up a romantic date in the skies! 2. Plan to hang out there with your buddies: 3. Try golfing in unlikely places: (image credit: Vintage Photo) 4. Seek out prime spot for a best picture: 5. Get inspired for painting: 6. Learn to adjust the time "at the source": 7. Sign up for a job in construction: (image credit: American Memory Project) Modern construction worker perches on steel girder during construction of Toronto's CN tower: (image credit: Time magazine, Dec. 30, 1974) 8. Choose your dining options wisely: (image credit: Vintage Photo) Your dining choices just got better: "Dinner in the sky" takes place at a table suspended at a height of 50 meters by a team of professionals. (images courtesy: dinnerinthesky) 9. Join "steampunks" and meet a very special robot: More on this Victorian wonder steam-man - here 10. Receive the saint's blessing on the same roof: (image credit: Brian McMorrow) PS: Once your fear of height is taken care of, you can transfer your activities to an airplane wing (note: this picture was taken before the advent of Photoshop) Sources: American Memory Project, Vintage Photo Permanent Link... Category: Photography,Vintage |
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7 Comments:
Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!
Ok, that second golf picture is freaky :-)
I dunno about the people in them, but looking at the pictures did nothing to cure my fear of heights. :)
Here is a cartoon about the fear of heights http://www.webdonuts.com/2009/07/fear-of-heights/
Haha!... thank you, webdonuts
y fear of heights worse, much worse.
Imagine that the people bulding the empire state building would have no saftey equipment what so ever. They must have nerves of steel!
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