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Reply to "Farewell Charming Old New York: Part 3"

RE: Crane Support Collapse at 110 Third Avenue

As all must know from the posts above, construction had beeen going on at the heinous new edifice at 110 Third Avenue, where greed-fueled developers had overnight and without warning raised the venerable old Variety Photoplay building, one of our city's last surviving nickleodeons/vaudeville houses.

This afternoon, a support beam from the giant crane attached to the building fell 20 stories into the street, partially crushing a passing taxi (miraculously both the driver and passenger excaped physically unscathed) and injuring some workers on the crane's body. The incident caused concern about the stabilty of the remaining structure and so a 3 square block of surrounding 13th and Third was cordoned off and evacuated. The Third Avenue stop of the L train is closed as well.

Needless to say, many of our Motherboards compadres, including Empress and Daddy, resided close to the construction site, and are now staying courtesy of friends, thankfully with Casanova, in a "safe house" a few blocks outside of the "danger area."

Since New York 1 seems to be more interested in the filthy Jeanine F. Pirro/Bernard Kerik crookedness and have been only running pictures of the damaged taxi from this afternoon with very little update, I was wondering if anyone else in the East Village had more current information as to when the residents might be permittted to return to their homes.

Any definite breaking info and I shall relay the info to Chi via cell, since they are in an information blackout over there. Thanks.

And definitely send those beams!
Last edited by hatches
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