Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:53 PM
swag (24,385 posts)
BUILDING FACADE COLLAPSES IN MANHATTAN AT 8TH AND 14TH STREETLast edited Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:08 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
Source: Business Insider
A building facade has collapsed at 8th Ave and 14th Street in Manhattan, according to FDNY and other sources. No one is trapped inside, according to USEmergAlerts. The front of the 92 8th Ave has fallen off, according to this picture from Meg Robertson on twitter: Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/major-building-collapse-in-manhattan-at-8th-and-14th-street-2012-10#ixzz2AjTAf3vg Edit: Updated photo at the link. Looks like the facade came down: not a total collapse. 
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/major-building-collapse-in-manhattan-at-8th-and-14th-street-2012-10 Updated to reflect rapidly changing story. Thank goodness it's not as bad as first thought.
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 BUILDING FACADE COLLAPSES IN MANHATTAN AT 8TH AND 14TH STREET (Original post) |
swag | Oct 2012 | OP |
| truthisfreedom | Oct 2012 | #1 | |
| AngryOldDem | Oct 2012 | #6 | |
| DollarBillHines | Oct 2012 | #11 | |
| NYC_SKP | Oct 2012 | #31 | |
| Monk06 | Oct 2012 | #37 | |
| NYC_SKP | Oct 2012 | #38 | |
| freedom fighter jh | Oct 2012 | #35 | |
| sakabatou | Oct 2012 | #2 | |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Oct 2012 | #3 | |
| dumbledork | Oct 2012 | #4 | |
| jberryhill | Oct 2012 | #5 | |
| Purveyor | Oct 2012 | #7 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #12 | |
| frazzled | Oct 2012 | #8 | |
| Tuesday_Morning | Oct 2012 | #9 | |
| Happyhippychick | Oct 2012 | #10 | |
| frazzled | Oct 2012 | #18 | |
| southernyankeebelle | Oct 2012 | #13 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Oct 2012 | #14 | |
| Codeine | Oct 2012 | #32 | |
| yardwork | Oct 2012 | #15 | |
| DURHAM D | Oct 2012 | #16 | |
| WilliamPitt | Oct 2012 | #17 | |
| HereSince1628 | Oct 2012 | #19 | |
| progressivebydesign | Oct 2012 | #20 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #28 | |
| luv_mykatz | Oct 2012 | #39 | |
| defacto7 | Oct 2012 | #21 | |
| redqueen | Oct 2012 | #29 | |
| redqueen | Oct 2012 | #22 | |
| Beacool | Oct 2012 | #23 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #24 | |
| longship | Oct 2012 | #25 | |
| swag | Oct 2012 | #27 | |
| progressivebydesign | Oct 2012 | #30 | |
| Poll_Blind | Oct 2012 | #26 | |
| LiberalElite | Oct 2012 | #33 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Oct 2012 | #34 | |
| JackRiddler | Oct 2012 | #36 | |
| davidpdx | Oct 2012 | #40 |
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:55 PM
1. I wonder if water washed away the foundation?
Response to truthisfreedom (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:58 PM
6. If that's true, then how many more buildings are at risk?
Response to truthisfreedom (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:26 PM
NYC_SKP (49,507 posts)
31. Architect here. The answer is "no".
Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #31)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:47 PM
37. Interesting. I would have thought the facade was a bearing wall. Apparently not. It must have been
Response to Monk06 (Reply #37)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 09:05 PM
NYC_SKP (49,507 posts)
38. That building appears to be on a typical NYC 25' wide lot.
Response to truthisfreedom (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:38 PM
freedom fighter jh (936 posts)
35. More Likely Wind Sucked Away the Facade
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:56 PM
2. I hope the people in those building are alright
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:57 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (104,446 posts)
3. Omigod.
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:59 PM
Purveyor (13,436 posts)
7. Picture of the damage?
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Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:59 PM
frazzled (9,215 posts)
8. Wow, that's just on the block where I used to work
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Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:02 PM
Happyhippychick (5,718 posts)
10. It's a building FACADE, still bad but not as bad as a whole building
Response to Happyhippychick (Reply #10)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:06 PM
frazzled (9,215 posts)
18. Yes just confirmed it was facade (link)
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:03 PM
southernyankeebelle (10,920 posts)
13. I was wondering how the buildings were going to do with the wind.
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:04 PM
yardwork (37,170 posts)
15. Please edit your OP. The source has edited their headline. It's not a major building.
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:04 PM
DURHAM D (18,612 posts)
16. Wow - how strange.
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:06 PM
19. Looks like the front facade broke loose...all those years, all that decomposition...
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:07 PM
20. The building looks like it's still standing. the front came down, though.
Response to slackmaster (Reply #28)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 10:59 PM
39. I have seen this video before....
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Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:07 PM
defacto7 (3,616 posts)
21. This is terrible
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:09 PM
22. OMG that headline scared the crap out of me!
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:10 PM
23. It looks like the facade broke away from the rest of the bldg.
Response to longship (Reply #25)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:15 PM
swag (24,385 posts)
27. I posted the original headline as prescribed by the forum rules.
Response to longship (Reply #25)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:22 PM
30. Whoa cowboy!! the original link SAYS building collapse. It was wrong but reported that way.
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Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:39 PM
LiberalElite (880 posts)
33. NY1.com reports it was due to wind. (can't get link) -
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Response to swag (Original post)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 07:33 AM
davidpdx (9,137 posts)
40. Wow, extremely lucky no one got hurt
