This man is the last known strap hanging window washer in New York

This video shows the last known strap hanging window washer in New York.

This man is the last known strap hanging window washer in New York

Charlie, on the eleventh floor of Manhattan’s Chanin Building, opens a metal clamp attached to a leather strap around his waist and swings out, pinning it to one corner of the window frame.

After attaching the second clamp, he gets to work suspended high above 42nd street.

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