5/26/2023 0 Comments Lunch atop a skyscraper fake![]() ![]() ![]() It originally appeared in the Sunday supplement of the New York Herald Tribune.Īlthough the meal looks perilous, all the diners were safely harnessed so they would not have been able to plunge to their untimely deaths.ĭan Warne, UK and Ireland managing director at Deliveroo said: 'Deliveroo has been committed to delivering the most amazing food experiences all summer, whatever the weather, be it to the beach, a park, at home or 450ft in the air. The original photograph, snapped by an unknown photographer, is a cultural watermark that has been parodied, referenced and copied countless times over the years. He is thought to be related to Sonny Glynn, who is sitting on the far right of the original imageĪmong them included George Glynn, who is believed to be a descendant of Sonny Glynn, an Irish immigrant working in New York at the time who is pictured on the far right of the original image - the same spot that George occupies in the recreation. Now Deliveroo has recreated the shot with members of the public who won a competition to eat lunch on top of a girder 450ft above central London at one of the capital's tallest buildings, including a descendant of one of the original workers in the picture, George Glynn (far right). Lunch Atop A Skyscraper was snapped in 1932 of workers in the middle of the construction of the world-renowned Rockefeller Center in New York City by an unknown photographer and is one of the most iconic pictures of all time. ![]()
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