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July 15, 2005
Demolition collapse at Extell site in Manhattan
The one-story demolition site on Broadway at 99 and 100th Streets collapsed into the street, injuring and trapping several people. Five people, including one baby, were taken to local hospitals and several firefighters were treated for injuries.
The site is owned by the Extell Development Corporation which recently made news for its alternate bid on the MTA's railyard property at Atlantic and Flatbush Aves. in Brooklyn, the $1.8 billion purchase of the Trump Place developement on the West Side, and neighborhood protests at the site of the collapse just a day before the collapse occurred.
Violations were issued to the demolition company, which an Extell spokesman pointed out was a reputable company using union labor. Regardless of who is ultimately responsible, there is a stop work order issued on the site and many questions linger.
Here are the headlines:
* The NY Times, One-Story Building Collapses Into Busy Block of Manhattan
* NY Daily News, Protest hours before wall fell
* NY1, Site Of Building Collapse Also A Bone Of Contention For Upper West Side Residents (dialup/broadband)
* NY Sun, Building Collapse on Broadway Traps 4 People in Rubble Nine Hospitalized, Including an Infant
Posted by lumi at July 15, 2005 7:30 AM