Window Washer discountable-photo One hour after this photo

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The act of play and playing is an important part of her work

a daring photographer appears to almost float in midair

"Inevitably the downtown changes will destroy much of the historic character of an area where reminders of Dutch and English rule and the early days of independence still abound

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Window Washer discountable-photo One hour after this photoLike an artist working with a wide brush, a window cleaner creates a soapy pattern before rubbing and scrubbing to make a storefront sparkle on Broome Street in Manhattan, January 26, 2006. While street level windows are easy to reach, New York's many skyscrapers present dangers and require tapered ladders, cherry pickers, special belts or scaffolding platforms. Glass buildings must be washed about twice a year, and windows on towering buildings more