The critically acclaimed FX show, recently renewed for a third season, shot a scene at a “Fargo Police station” that is clearly not the Fargo Police station.Īlso, the buildings used in the background didn’t quite match up with Fargo’s actual skyline.

Two dozen vehicles in Brainerd pileup as winds whip up blizzard conditions in regionįlorida man charged with human smuggling after 4 froze to death on U.S.FARGO – Monday night’s episode of “Fargo” featured a brief cameo of Fargo the city – sort of. More than 350 crashes reported in Minnesota as two-day snowstorm winds down Other photos show the men taking naps on the beams. The photo uses real construction workers, not models, but they were directed on what to do. But “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” was actually a staged publicity photo to promote the soon-to-be completed RCA building, now part of Rockefeller Center. 20, 1932, and was long thought to be a random snapshot in time of the working men at lunch. When we met with the crew in the offices, one person had a great lunchbox so I told them to bring it up as well which shows up in the middle of the image.” “I had a Kilbourne Group member go down and grab that day’s Forum (newspaper) mostly so they had something to do with their hands. I had maybe 10 minutes with them and I used about five minutes to make sure I got the shot,” he says. “It felt like I was traveling back 87 years and watching history unfold. (Wikimedia Commons)įrancis, who has done other photo projects merging Fargo’s past and present, says re-creating this image was surreal. 20, 1932, and was staged, using real construction workers as a way to promote the nearly finished RCA building (now part of Rockefeller Center). Contrary to popular belief, it was taken Sept. “For this image to work and to represent downtown Fargo, we of course wanted to show off the iconic Fargo Theatre sign and the buildings and churches in the background.” Classic photograph “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” is one of the most reproduced photos in history. We walked up to the fifth story, but realized that it would be over most of the downtown buildings, so we actually went down another story as it had the best background,” Francis says. “I was brought up by the construction crew from their offices. That meant when the time was right, Francis and his camera were going for a climb. “We instantly fell in love with the idea.” “He called us and asked if we’d want to try to get a cool picture if he lined up the craftspeople on the steel beam,” Olson says. The building, now under construction on Broadway and Second Avenue North, will only be 18 stories tall, but Francis says it’s the perfect time to capture a good background image of downtown Fargo from the Block 9 site.Īccording to Adrienne Olson with the Kilbourne Group, the original idea came from Russ Klein, the McGough superintendent on the Block 9 project who likes the classic photo and always thinks of it when he sees structural steel erected on a project site. Offutt Co., retail on the ground floor, a boutique hotel, a restaurant and residential condominiums. (Courtesy of Dan Francis Photography via Forum News Service)īlock 9 will include headquarters for hundreds of team members of R.D. 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. Kilbourne Group and Roseville-based McGough Construction asked Fargo photographer Dan Francis to re-create 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. 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. It’s not Manhattan, but Fargo now has its own iconic ‘skyscraper’ photo – Twin Cities Close MenuįARGO, N.D.

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