SKYSCRAPER

[Music] so [Music] [Applause] magic city climbing high shining walls reflect the sky magic city and the sun has the darkness on the run it's growing bright the city like a city right the city now we're going to chase the shadows erase the shadows from our city now air-conditioned rooms we see fan is ancient history old facades must pass away like the horse they've had their day old was stumbling into dust signs proclaiming dig we must all that stood is falling fast we're removing from the past it's going right the city light the city right the city now we're going to chase the shadows erase the shadows no more shadows now take a city block and tear it down we put a new skyscraper in the ground [Music] oh [Music] hey look at you leonie on your shovel a movie star yeah that was the day i had that toothpick for the day that was why can't you ever enjoy anything really invite us to see a movie of ourselves right away you start complaining this shovel looks good hey there you are lucky there's that bell ringer johnson yes jimmy kelly from staten island and that rigger from ohio and saw schwartz that was the dodger fan that bomb hey who's that aluminum workers in louisville oh thanks mr desimone you know this building was built all over the country places like chicago detroit bethlehem portland hey what dames sure murphy a lot of women helped on this one there's the boss same old smile there's that driller they called turk well they got everybody in this picture almost where am i not you murphy you'd break a lens break a leg there you are mr d simone the man who built the building not by myself i was just a field supervisor the builders there built the building they went to see the architect who started the wheels rolling you know it took three years advanced work before you men came on 666. then after the architect what well then came the model maker and his model then the designers would put it all down on paper the draftsman who worked out the details and the blueprints began to pile up boy did they ever pile up contractors came in with their estimates subcontractors for every single part of the job then it was time for some choices what kind of interiors samples what kind of exteriors every detail was worked out to the decimal before you men ever heard of the job any old buildings were torn down and one day we began to dig [Music] [Music] boy that's one big hole 40 feet deep largest excavation ever dug on fifth avenue you really got a drink you got to dig way down 40 feet down you got to dig way down below the ground you got to blast that bedrock out of your way before you start to climb you gotta dig that way [Music] yeah that was the day i had to do think [Music] [Music] is [Music] uh you know where all that rock goes to murphy me i'm an iron worker well those trucks take it all the way to jersey they use it to fill in the marshes you mean they're taking new york to new jersey wise guys [Music] you gotta fill those forms with strong concrete you gotta put that building on its feet you gotta pour those columns tall and strong if you're gonna climb you gotta build those forms it takes a lot of men a lot of time to put a scraper in the sky what's this you don't know how steel comes in leone i run a shovel well it comes up the river on barges and it's loaded on trailers you see looks simple simple when we need a piece it's got to be the one we want the one we want's got to be the one on top of the bundle right mr desimone that's right the city won't allow steel to be piled up in the streets be one mess of whatever did when the contractor was doing his plan he had to make sure that every piece of steel was delivered as needed that's logistics what's logistics ah honestly only that's logistics that truck moving the steel on a time schedule through the streets and up to the job you see where we iron men take over now watch how we swing it into place piece by piece hey you see that guy pulling the ropes that's harry schneider he's got a tough job he's a good man too thanks murphy oh i didn't know you were here schneider i take it all back what's so tough well he has to guide every piece of steel into position duncan it's one bell up two right and so forth hey that's me again isn't that me i look good you know no bad performer maybe you could learn something from a form and tell them when you're lucky you see that leone we don't use rivets anymore now we bolt the steel on just like erector says right piece in the right place matching up always matching up [Music] santa claus [Music] watch the months fly now boys january february march april may june there it's july there goes the big one how big was that one 60 feet long in three inches that column supports 40 stories we're going up now we were high 30 floors up how can anybody be dumb enough to go up there well that's where the men get separated from the boys hey that's me up there [Music] just beneath the clouds where the sun gleams on the still beans that's me up there [Music] should you wonder what could be swinging on that beam [Music] let me tell you it's no dream dear that's me there i'm no average guy oh no danger is my name if you wanna fly live bring them all and let them squeal at your boy that works in still tell himself that i'm real that's me up there [Music] all right that's pretty look at all the flaws what do you think while you were fooling around up there nobody was working that's right matter of fact the way we operate in the u.s is pretty unique when it comes to building these big ones we dovetail the operations oh you mean like one job on top of another well actually one job under another and steel is up six stories the carpenters are building forms for the floors under them and the concrete is being poured still under that you've got steam fitters getting pipes in and then you've got electricians and so on all the save time oh [Music] [Music] uh [Music] now this is where we were ready for the walls for the first aluminum panel hey you know i always wondered why i put those bumps on them for strength murphy [Music] listen do you really like them mr d simone as a matter of fact i do anything different takes time to get used to and new materials are one of the few new ideas and skyscrapers in the last 50 years no maintenance ever once you get them up and they go on fast you know i heard of this job on park avenue 22 floors well they covered it with these panels in nine and a half hours the whole thing i was on that job lucky great thing about them just take them out of the boxes slide them into place and bowl them on okay you sold me mr de simone i'll take one [Music] who's that i don't know never saw him in my life well you like that perfect stranger there goes saint pat's you know that church is seeing three big buildings come and go on that one site shows how fast the city changes you never know from one day to the next this city is going to be okay once they get it finished ah those juicy sirloin steaks and a champagne and a caviar [Music] it takes a lot of men a lot of time to build up to the sky it takes a lot of lows a lot of miles put that scraper high lot of loads lot of miles a lot of loads lot of miles lot of loads lot of miles hey that looks like a steam engine man that's big what is it that's a chiller 50 000 pounds air conditioning it's when i got my room one-fifth the whole cost of this building was air conditioning man that is really big it takes a lot of men a lot of time to build up to the sky it takes [Music] here's where the inside men took over i was on park avenue by that time did you know it took us long to build the inside as it did the outside no kidding a lot of work it takes that scraper high takes a welder welding welding well it takes a torch with a flame on the end it takes a man to put the vents in a man to fit the vents takes the ball everyone takes them all it takes a rule and a ladder electric drill it takes a hammer and a carpenter two it takes a nail and a wrench a plane and a wire takes them all everyone takes them all it takes a whole lot of play for a lot of thread it takes a gear and a spindle to spin it takes a thousand different sizes gears spindle sizes takes them all everyone takes them all it takes a mason letting water from the trowels sand lime and water too it takes the lime sand and water lime flask the mortar takes them all everyone takes them all it takes a painter and a paintbrush fresh coat of paint it takes a man to lay the mastic down it takes a man to lay the mastic a man to lay the tile takes them all everyone takes them all it takes a pile of blueprints smile a cable splice pliers too it takes a man to tie the cable thousand yards of cable takes them all everyone takes them all and then we were in business and that building came alive it takes steam valve steam fitters air fans fan makers waterfalling elevators buttons panels switchboard cables copper buckets nails plumbers plastic trucks pale ships sailors architects steel iron aluminum bells rivets telephones drills wires engineers sand painters blueprints stone masons concrete glass gravel steam shovels trains trailers trained men winches welded steel men drivers ringers traps man scraper shiners sanders sweepers handlers holders mixers shifters heavers villains bracers borrowers loaders lifters pushers pullers pilers packers nailers diggers builders busters boxes blasters tnt and so today 18 months from the time ground was broken the building opens more than 2 million people have worked directly or indirectly on it more than 2 000 men have been involved in the actual job these people come from every state in the country much of their work has been done in places far from the city now her tenants will come like the men who made it from far and near and visitors will come from every corner of the earth and so another skyscraper takes its place in the city [Music] hey [Music] every day the way i go is a reckless chase and the man new york i know is a hectic place but when the sun is falling low and the dusk descends no more recklessly i go all my torments my manhattan lovely arm in the twilight wears a smile and i know her spell is cast as my heart the moth i'm joined to her to her haunting blaze i'll hang on to dawn with her in her blinding heads dazzling island light as wine through the darkness see her shine ireland magic island bright my manhattan mine tonight you