Comments on: The Mohawk Skyline http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/03/07/the-mohawk-skyline/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher Szabla http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/03/07/the-mohawk-skyline/comment-page-1/#comment-271112 Christopher Szabla Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:38:33 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=3381#comment-271112 I've actually seen quite a bit of acknowledgment of Mohawk construction workers' roles in the building of New York. In fact, the famous Charles Ebbets photo series of construction workers having "lunch on the girder" in the 1930s (http://sistersandsparrows.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/an-unusual-place-for-a-nap/) is often used to illustrate the Mohawks' work, although it's far from certain that anyone pictured was even a member of the group. Granted, they aren't the first thing one thinks of when gazing upon the Manhattan skyline. Blame Ayn Rand, maybe, for making us all associate it with ravenous capitalism instead. I’ve actually seen quite a bit of acknowledgment of Mohawk construction workers’ roles in the building of New York. In fact, the famous Charles Ebbets photo series of construction workers having “lunch on the girder” in the 1930s (http://sistersandsparrows.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/an-unusual-place-for-a-nap/) is often used to illustrate the Mohawks’ work, although it’s far from certain that anyone pictured was even a member of the group.

Granted, they aren’t the first thing one thinks of when gazing upon the Manhattan skyline. Blame Ayn Rand, maybe, for making us all associate it with ravenous capitalism instead.

]]> By: MB http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/03/07/the-mohawk-skyline/comment-page-1/#comment-271060 MB Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:18:26 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=3381#comment-271060 Great post. I love the NFB! I was working at Ontario College of Art when the new weird building was going up in 2004 and guess who did the steelwork... The Mohawk Ironworkers. Here's a shot of the building: http://www.andrewblum.net/typepad/2003/11/how_to_make_a_b.html We live amidst their fine work. Great post. I love the NFB!

I was working at Ontario College of Art when the new weird building was going up in 2004 and guess who did the steelwork…
The Mohawk Ironworkers.

Here’s a shot of the building:
http://www.andrewblum.net/typepad/2003/11/how_to_make_a_b.html

We live amidst their fine work.

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