2021年5月13日 · Mohawk men building a skyscraper. By 1960 Atlantic Avenue and the Boerum Hill area of Brooklyn was home to about 800 Mohawk ironworkers and their relatives. Many …

2017年12月29日 · The skyscrapers of Manhattan needed a new, bolder type of construction worker. They got them in 'roughnecks' - hardened men who worked without safety harness...

2017年12月29日 · The skyscrapers of Manhattan needed a new, bolder type of construction worker. They got them in 'roughnecks' – hardened men who worked without safety harnesses, …

2021年10月27日 · Empire State Building, steel-framed skyscraper rising 102 stories that was completed in New York City in 1931 and was the tallest building in the world until 1972 when it …

Mohawk high-steel men worked on virtually every big construction project in New York City: the Empire State Building, the RCA Building, the Daily News Building, the Bank of Manhattan …

2010年7月13日 · For his "New Yorker" story, Mitchell interviewed Orvis Diabo, a Mohawk who had been forced by crippling arthritis to retire. But for 35 years, he had worked as a riveter on …

2018年3月17日 · Rare footage takes you to the tip-top of Manhattan's Empire State Building to get a (scary!) sense of what it was like to be one of the brave men behind its construction, …

2021年11月19日 · In honor of contributions made by Mohawk, or Kanienʼkehá:ka, ironworkers who helped construct New York City’s iconic skyline, the Flatiron Partnership highlights the …

NARRATOR: In Manhattan, a series of ambitious skyscrapers rise up, each competing to claim the title of tallest in the world. The Chrysler building becomes the first man-made structure to …

2019年1月18日 · The “Roughnecks,” as the skyscraper ironworkers were known, are shown building NYC’s Chrysler Tower and the Empire State Building with little more than some tools …