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Artist Sergio Furnari's life-size sculpture based on a photograph of construction workers during Rockefeler Center's construction has been a familiar site all over the city. But someone had the gall to steal the 100-pound worker on the right. Furnari told the Post, "People loved that guy the most, because he was holding a bottle. He's probably sitting in the [thief's] living room having a drink."
Furnari says he noticed the sculpture was missing from his truck (parked in Long Island City) Wednesday afternoon, and even though he could recast the worker, it wouldn't be the same. The statue definitely seems like an awkward thing to steal - we'd guess at least two people were involved. Furnari says he'll offer a reward for the statue's return and addded, "I'm an immigrant glorifying our immigrants. That piece belongs to the American people."
The original photograph, Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper was taken by Charles C. Ebbets.
Update: It seems that Furnari has taken the Lunch Bunch - sans the guy on the right - out to SoHo today. We wonder if the police dusted for fingerprints.
Top photograph of the complete Lunch Bunch by Lizzy Vegas on Flickr, lower photograph of incomplete Lunch Bunch by Tien Mao; Harris Graber saw the Lunch Bunch in Astoria late last year
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Put lojack in the replacement piece Sergio
When I worked in Soho, this thing always made me smile a little bit (though I never noticed the stolen worker). Always wondered though, why Soho? Not a bad choice at all, but one that always confused me.
who the hell cares about this crap?
Put it at WTC/GZ because that's where this crap belongs. with the other crap lovers.
Of course, it's in Soho, with all the other crap lovers. Match made in Heaven.
#3 - looks like someone didn't get any last night
whatever you say. Just look at the paint job on his truck will explain it all. Crap.
Should be called Missing Crap worker.
No one saw anything?
I wish someone would tell this guy to stop idleing his diesel engine for hours at a time.
this is full of bulshit