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  • 2019-09-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This a Photo of 5 People Atop a Skyscraper Spire? (en)
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  • In September 2019, a photograph supposedly showing five people atop a skyscraper spire was recirculated on social media under the caption: The mother of all selfies! While some viewers were a bit skeptical about the authenticity of the picture, it is a genuine photograph. It was taken by photographer Gary Leonard in September 2016 and shows five ironworkers atop a spire installed on the 73-story Wilshire Grand Center in downtown Los Angeles, California. According to LA Downtown News: LA Downtown News reported the five ironworkers in the picture, Eric Madrigal, Peter Veliz, Vince Parker, Dan Cobb and Mark Palmer, were part of the construction crew known as the raising gang that installed the spire on top of the 1,100-foot tall skyscraper. Project spokesperson Leigh Kramer explained that the spire was put into place via a crane. The construction workers then climbed up a maintenance ladder in the center of the spire: A gallery of photographs that Leonard took of this construction project can be found here. CBS Los Angeles also shared a similar photograph taken by Leonard to Twitter: (en)
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