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There are perhaps ten men. Each sits on small a round disk such as one might see attached to the end of a rope swing suspended over a river. These guys are rappelling from the roof of a 20+ story blue-glass-faced building as though it were a mountain. I suppose in the city skyscrapers are as close as we can come to mountains. What can they be thinking? What would compel a person to do a thing like this? The answer is written in the squeegee held in one hand, and the wet cloth in the other. They are washing windows. It's true. These men must surely be considered skilled labor and even artists in their country of origin (for they are unequivocally not from around these parts), but here they are simply useful to the building superintendent.  This method must be illegal in NYC. OSHA seeing such a display would of a certainty become apoplectic, froth at the mouth, and go berserk, right? But what OSHA doesn't see doesn't bother them. While other window washer crews deal with such ridiculous things as scaffolding and safety harnesses and cranes, these stalwart swashbucklers swing across the face of the building with acrobatic ease. What they don't realize is that people would pay good money just to watch their antics. They could charge the public for prior information concerning which building they will be washing. But I suppose that would call attention to not only their amazing feats, but to the fact that they are swinging like trapeze artists in pursuit of nothing more than a living wage.