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may3rd

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24. That's not a building, thats a sardine can made of brick

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #8)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:51 AM

May 2012

repost a pic in five years an the new structure,as planned, will be three times as wide
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5-Story Building Collapses in Harlem [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

so horrible, I hope no one was hurt ! steve2470 May 2012 #1

NY1 will have it soon KurtNYC May 2012 #3

Yikes! Scary stuff! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #2

next up, the overpasses leading to/from GW Bridge wordpix May 2012 #4

Under construction, thank goodness. haele May 2012 #5

They must mean 123rd Street frazzled May 2012 #6

Looking at the building on Google Earth/Street View Cooley Hurd May 2012 #7

The Daily News link says it was under construction. harmonicon May 2012 #11

Perhaps this was the building? RufusTFirefly May 2012 #8

That's it. Cooley Hurd May 2012 #9

That's not a building, thats a sardine can made of brick may3rd May 2012 #24

The second link said it was under construction Warpy May 2012 #10

That makes sense. It did fall into its own foot print. RC May 2012 #12

Even with an SE things can get pretty dicey when making major changes to 100 year old buildings. Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #25

Pancaked? The 9/11 Twoofers will be all over this! Odin2005 May 2012 #13

Must of been nano-thermite! Archae May 2012 #16

Nope. Not a steel frame building. RC May 2012 #20

Nano-termites, then. n/t Igel May 2012 #21

an inside insurance job or faulty cheap materials may3rd May 2012 #22

I think that address should be w 123st. nt CK_John May 2012 #14

Picture apparently taken in the basement before collapse... PoliticAverse May 2012 #15

Good grief, why did they bother? It looks rotten, terribly unsafe. Should have been bulldozed. freshwest May 2012 #18

It looks like decades of deferred maintenance and incompetent band-aid patches NBachers May 2012 #19

tear it down and start fresh...oh wait may3rd May 2012 #23

omg Marrah_G May 2012 #17

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