North Country At Work

Mohawk ironworker Darryl Lazore on the Goldman Sachs tower, a building he connected on from base to top. Jersey City, NJ. 2002. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore. Listen to Darryl’s full story here.

Mohawk ironworker Darry Lazore and his connecting partner “Richie Rich” on the Goldman Sachs Tower. Jersey City, NJ. 2002. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

Mohawk ironworker Darryl Lazore climbing up a beam to go connecting on the Goldman Sachs Tower. Jersey City, NJ. 2001. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

Mohawk ironworker Darryl Lazore, of Akwesasne, walking a beam on the radio control tower for Philadelphia international airport 600 ft in the air. Philadelphia, PA. 2004. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

Mohawk ironworker Darry Lazore (in red) and father in law Roger Thomas (also from Akwesasne) on the Goldman Sachs building. Jersey City, NJ. 2002. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

Mohawk ironworkers, including Darryl Lazore (in red and white) after setting a 16 ton piece of iron on the Goldman Sachs tower. Behindthem is the New York City skyline. Jersey City, NJ. Summer 2002.

Mohawk ironworker Darryl Lazore walking a beam on the Goldman Sachs tower before going to connect beams. The New York City skyline is in the background. Jersey City, NJ. Summer 2002. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

Mohawk Ironworker Teddy Cook bolting beams together on the Goldman Sachs tower. Jersey City, NJ. Summer 2002. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

Teddy Cook, a “bolter-upper” from Akwesasne. His job was to stick bolts in the hole for the metal beams on the Goldman Sachs tower. Jersey City, NJ. 2002. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.

A 56 ton piece of Iron that was set by Darryl Lazore (top, in red) and his crew on the Goldman Sachs Tower. They had to use two cranes just to lift the iron. Jersey City, New Jersey. 2001. Courtesy of Darryl Lazore.