BY KERRY BURKE and JESS WISLOSKI, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
A 200-foot-tall crane buckled and partially collapsed under the weight of an oversized load Friday at a condo construction site in Tribeca, officials said.
The collapse did not cause any injuries, but several buildings neighboring 450 Washington St. were evacuated temporarily.
Neighbors said the construction of the 300-unit building has been moving at breakneck speed since early last month.
"You could hear the metal falling," said witness Naomi Romero, 40. "We thought the whole thing was going to come down."
The Buildings Department halted work at the site and plans to issue violations against the crane operator, a spokeswoman said.
2 comments:
The "oversized load" in this case,
refers to the crap that Ms. Lancaster of the DOB
is continually shoveling in our faces
such as telling us things have "improved"
in their department !
I have heard through the grapevine that a hell of a lot more people are killed in construction sites than makes the news.
Almost all of them are undocuemented immigrants and its being covered up.
For shame! for shame! for shame!
(PS you heard it on crappie first!)
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