NYC’s Rooftop Warplane
High above the rooftops of New York City sits a World War I era plane. Located 26-stories up on 77 Water Street (since 1970) the 1916 Sopwith Camel, a bi-plane not flown since WWI, was laid atop the building by the William Kaufman Organization.
Onlookers from other skyscrapers tend to be distracted not only by the warplane itself, but also working runway lights and large “77″ painted on the landing strip.
“When you’re in a building that’s higher, and you’re looking down, it’s pretty ugly,” Robert Kaufman, the builder’s president told Wall Street Journal. “So we said: ‘what can we do?’ And we got the idea of putting an airplane on the roof.”
The image can be viewed regularly thanks to the magic of Big Brother Google Maps.
Source: Jalopnik
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