Taking the Plunge Size:16" x 20" Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

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Taking the Plunge Size:16" x 20" Paul McCartney and Ringo StarrA youngster takes a 30 foot dive off an abandoned rooftop into the East River in the summer of 1938. The Williamsburg Bridge can be seen in the background. When this photo was published in The Times, the East River was an industrial zone, which might have led its inhabitants to seek out such thrills. But the waterfront was about to get a makeover thanks to a vision of Robert Moses, the city's parks commissioner, who reclassified it as a recreational