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Fargo photographer Dan Francis re-created the iconic 1932 image of construction workers eating lunch high above New York City with his photo taken May 14, 2019, at the Block 9 building under construction on Broadway and Second Avenue North. Courtesy of Dan Francis Photography
FARGO It is one of the most reproduced photos in American history: 11 construction workers seated on a beam more than 65 stories above the Manhattan skyline. And now, Fargo has its own version.
Kilbourne Group and McGough Construction asked Fargo photographer Dan Francis to recreate the famous Lunch atop a Skyscraper photo from 1932 with Lunch atop Block 9, taken May 14 on Fargo s newest soon-to-be high-rise.
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Crispin Porter Bogusky was the hottest agency of the 2000s, but is now a shadow of its former self.
Its founder and titan of modern advertising, Alex Bogusky, left and returned in 2018 but failed to revive it.
It suffered leadership changes and failed to keep up with advertising s shift to a data-based approach.
Editor s note: This article originally published in December and has since been updated.
In August 2018, Crispin Porter Bogusky employees gathered in the ad agency s Boulder office for a town hall meeting.