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>>10802779 (pb) Q ———Donald Trump in 1982 on the roof of the Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York
That photo is from:
(NYT - July 11, 1982)
POSTINGS; Tower Topped Off
Though the official topping-off ceremony will not be held until July 26, anyone gazing up at Trump Tower at 56th Street and Fifth Avenue can plainly see that the 68-story, 700-foot structure has reached its full height. By far the tallest concrete building in the world, according to its developer, Donald J. Trump, its superstructure took 90,000 tons of concrete and 4,000 tons of steel reinforcing rods to complete.
Before leaving the job, the concrete construction workers held an informal celebration after the roof was poured. We left a small area to patch up, Mr. Trump said, ''so it's officially topped off at the ceremony.''
Seven hundred guests, including Mayor Koch and Governor Carey, have been invited to the ceremony, during which an American flag will be hoisted up the southwestern side of the building and fixed to the roof.
Trump Tower will be a mixed-use building with retail space on the lowest floors, office space above and condominium apartments on top. Among the early takers of retail space are Buccellati and Charles Jourdan. The $100 million building will open early next year. The New York Times/Fred R. Conrad Donald J. Trump atop the Trump Tower.
A version of this article appears in print on July 11, 1982, Section 8, Page 1 of the National edition with the headline: POSTINGS; Tower Topped Off.
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Added another pic. Different angle.
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"Topping out" or "Topping Off" a building.
In building construction, topping out (sometimes referred to as topping off) is a builders' rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction. Nowadays, the ceremony is often parlayed into a media event for public relations purposes. It has since come to mean more generally finishing the structure of the building, whether there is a ceremony or not.
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(This anon knows this tradition simply as: "Topping" a building)
"Topping" a building
Sometimes represented by placing an Evergreen tree (in my experience a Christmas tree) on top of the building. That way everyone passing by knows:
→ That's as high as the structure is going to go.
→ It's been "Topped"
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/11/realestate/postings-tower-topped-off.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topping_out