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The First Person to See The Sunrise
July 15, 2007
On a recent Media Wave Video Productions shoot, we went to the top of one of the tallest buildings in the city - Two Liberty Place. The script called for a time-lapse sunrise and sunset.
The elevator only went to the 57th floor. But there was a 58th floor only accessible by stairs. The 58th floor housed the large booms that extend out to lower the window washers four times per year. Four two-car garage doors made of glass open north, south, east, and west to give the booms access.
Jordan snapped off a few shots of our view of the sunset, including this great silhouette of Tyler, one of my assistants. But the sunrise ended up being a one man show. All I have to prove I was there is this low-res video I made with my phone.
Something occurred to me as I watched the sun peek over the horizon like a slow motion nuclear blast; I was probably the first person in Philadelphia to see the sunrise on Friday the 13th, 2007. Wait - I was standing near an open garage door on the 58th floor all by myself on Friday the 13th? What was I thinking?!
