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Around 8:30 this morning, the AP began reporting about ANOTHER crane collapse on the East Side, at 91st and 1st Avenue. This follows the crane collapse that killed seven people two months ago on 52nd and 2nd Avenue, which now leaves less confidence than ever with New York’s adherence to construction codes, particularly on the East Side. (And the collapses seem to be creeping closer and closer to my apartment, which also does not inspire confidence with all the luxury condo buildings going up in the area, which was bad enough in guaranteeing the near-constant skull-numbing noise of jackhammering.)
Apparently the top half of the crane broke off and fell into the top of a high-rise building across the street. Two people have already been killed and others were pulled out of the wreckage. Note to Department of Buildings: Get it together. New Yorkers have enough to worry about without adding the risk of crane parts falling out of the sky into our overpriced apartments and killing us. Seriously.
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Jackie Preta
Lauren Bush
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Chappy Morris
May 30, 2008 10:52am
right across the street from my boyfriend’s apt. absurd. and sickening.
May 30, 2008 12:39pm
That’s awful-I hope he’s okay! Scary that it was so damn close, did he know anyone in the building? I sincerely hope they inspect more carefully now that this has happened TWICE. And so far the death toll is nine.
May 30, 2008 12:54pm
he is fine - he was on his way to work when it happened - his friend lives in the building, but fortunately she is okay as well. talk about frightening though. they have evacuated alot of the surrounding apt building until the crane is 100% secure. crazy.
June 1, 2008 9:29pm
I heard about the evacuations, and people are PISSED! I mean, I would be too if I had to camp out in a school gym without access to my personal belongings after my apartment was wrecked. Glad they’re okay. It happened too close for comfort to my apartment, and I was several blocks away.