Uzair Sattar
Nov 6 · 3 min read

A Picture of Two Stories
by Uzair Sattar

Lunch atop a Skyscraper (1932) is the famous black and white picture of construction workers sitting perilously close to the edge of a tall building as they enjoy their lunch. My friend Atrey had recently bought the poster from a local yard sale and hung it in his new dorm room at Oxford, where I have seen it almost every day in passing this last month.

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