Just saw a building collapse on myrtle (1370 views)
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discongeniality posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:22:19 pm» quote
- on purpose?
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hasid_hipster posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:32:18 pm» quote
- Holy shit! New construction?
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hasid_hipster posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:39:01 pm» quote
- Well, only gonna make my job more difficult.
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kariface posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:50:18 pm» quote
- http://www.1010wins.com/Building-Collapses-in-Brooklyn/4643572 [www.1010wins.com] »
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bryan posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:51:07 pm» quote
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Yeah you definitely don't see that shit every day. I was waiting on the corner of Myrtle and Hall with the dog while the lady went into Associated and I noticed a guy pushing the fire button on the corner callbox while talking into his phone but I looked around and didn't see a fire anywhere... about a minute later two fire trucks pull up right out front of Associated, I'm still looking around for the fire, then you could just hear the building start to crack, people on that side of Myrtle started to run, and boom, down it came. Big cloud of dust, people screaming... the awning had fallen off right over top of some people, I think they were ok but it looked bad...
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discongeniality posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:52:42 pm» quote
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D:
this city lets so much illegal construction go on :( actually i dunno if its illegal to hire people who dont know what theyre doing but it should be. esp. considering the HELL legit construction companies have to go through by bloomberg
glad you and the lady and the bystanders all seem to be ok!
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bryan posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:55:26 pm» quote
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discongeniality posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:52:42 pm
glad you and the lady and the bystanders all seem to be ok!
well... there was one girl who apparently had just made it out, she was sobbing into her phone because she thought her roommate was inside, I think that's who the fdny was talking about on the 4th floor.
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kariface posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 3:02:04 pm» quote
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Gothamist is now using Bryan as a source!
A little before 2 p.m., a four-story building on Myrtle Avenue, between Hall and Ryerson Streets, collapsed in the Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy neighborhood. Vesper Bar & Lounge was on the first floor. It's considered a second-alarm "Major Emergency." Apparently the Fire Department has accounted for all people who were inside the building.
According to folks on Williamsboard, there was "scaffolding on the side, old bldg being worked on apparently by people who didn't quite know what they were doing."
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kariface posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 3:06:53 pm» quote
- http://www.nypost.com/seven/06212009/news/regionalnews/brooklyn/ft__greene_building_collapse_175396.htm [www.nypost.com] »
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lila_engel posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 4:05:41 pm» quote
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"It was like September 11. Out of nowhere the building just collapsed."
i hate it when ppl say this. that's my favorite scene in "gone, baby, gone" when she gets her kid back and she's like "it's like 9/11!"
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.francesca posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 4:59:05 pm» quote
- hey turd if it's the same place that m and i stayed that one time, i don't think it is
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.francesca posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 5:22:41 pm» quote
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i thought it was the bigger brick building next door?
hahaha yeah, that must have been a very small game
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IMEYER posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:05:15 pm» quote
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lila_engel posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 4:05:41 pm
"It was like September 11. Out of nowhere the building just collapsed."
weird, I would've thought the planes that flew through the buildings to be an indicator that .. you know.. the
buildings could collapse? i mean, just an idea.
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vermicious_knid posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:09:06 pm» quote
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i_did_not_read_the_thread posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 5:47:23 pm
Wow thats crazy.Was the building occupied?
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9 y.o. virgin posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 7:04:18 pm» quote
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catbee posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 4:16:10 pm
Berzerko posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 3:34:07 pm
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
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lol
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Transmigrant posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 7:24:08 pm» quote
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vermicious_knid posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:09:06 pm
i_did_not_read_the_thread posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 5:47:23 pm
Wow thats crazy.Was the building occupied?
IMEYER posted this on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:27:51 pm
read the thread idiot
hahahaha
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Idontbelong posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 1:50:40 am» quote
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There's a whole story - well maybe just a fraction of a story - about how Google street view clearly shows a crack running up alongside the front of this building. If only we had listened to Google, this tragedy may have been avoided! http://mashable.com/2009/06/21/google-street-view-collapse/ [mashable.com] »
Anyone hear about the owner of this property yet?
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theotherianmeyer posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 7:06:32 am» quote
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Idontbelong posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 1:50:40 am
Anyone hear about the owner of this property yet?
The building's owner, William Sang, was scheduled to appear in court on Monday for a hearing about that violation. He told the New York Times that the hearing had been postponed to allow time to repair the problems.
Sang, who was at the building on Sunday, said that the Buildings Department had inspected the problems last month.
"They said there was a crack but that it was OK to have tenants," he told the Times. He said he bought the building in 2006 and that a crack had been there for 10 years.
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Girlfoundhere posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 8:16:31 am» quote
- This story was just on MSNBC (I didnt hear it though) ft greene is big news
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stainedandlit posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 10:22:04 am» quote
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gawkered as if we were some sort of legit news source
"According to folks on Williamsboard, there was "scaffolding on the side, old bldg being worked on apparently by people who didn't quite know what they were doing." The FDNY reported three civilian with minor injuries; one man who was hit by bricks was taken to the hospital. "
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stainedandlit posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 10:22:26 am» quote
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pardon me, Gothamist.
either way, that's some fuckin' lazy reporting
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stainedandlit posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 10:23:57 am» quote
- ahahah word. i ctrl-f'd gawker at first. they are still lazy.
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.francesca posted this on June 22nd, 2009 @ 5:53:05 pm» quote
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yeah, i realised that after i took a second look
YIKES
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