Well, at least the crane did not fall, does not hurt anyone or damage any structure nearby buildings. Now only question is whether the One57 was damaged at the top.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
The last picture is interesting because the building in the foreground with the curved facade (I forget the name of it) had a crane collapse when it was under construction, about 30 years ago. As I recall they were dismantling the crane and due to human error the boom came loose and fell down all the way to the street, and there were many injuries and (i believe) one fatality.
[edit: now that I think about it i'm not sure this is the right building because I vaguely recall it being on a corner. Maybe someone else here remembers.]
The last picture is interesting because the building in the foreground with the curved facade (I forget the name of it) had a crane collapse when it was under construction, about 30 years ago.
I don't know about 30 years ago, but the Conde Nast tower had an infamous incident when it was under construction.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
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The last picture is interesting because the building in the foreground with the curved facade (I forget the name of it) had a crane collapse when it was under construction, about 30 years ago. As I recall they were dismantling the crane and due to human error the boom came loose and fell down all the way to the street, and there were many injuries and (i believe) one fatality.
[edit: now that I think about it i'm not sure this is the right building because I vaguely recall it being on a corner. Maybe someone else here remembers.]
Don't think that's the correct building... Took some Googling for me (I don't live in NYC, so I don't know all the buildings). That would be the 9 West 57th Street building (you can see the big red "9" on the sidewalk in front of it) -- or, the Solow Building -- in the foreground. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solow_Building I do not see any mention of construction-related accidents with this building - so, not that one, I guess. It opened closer to 40 years ago, btw
But now I'm curious as to what accident that this was!
By WILLIAM SANDERSON and SALLY GOLDENBERG
November 1, 2012
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Residents and businesses displaced by a broken crane dangling 1,000 feet over West 57th Street should be able to return to their homes and jobs by Monday, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.
“The crane is currently stable,” said the mayor, as residents — briefly allowed back into nearby buildings — were instructed to take essential belongings and return next week. The crane’s boom was blown back over its engine as the storm grew fierce at about 2:30 p.m. Monday.
The mayor said city engineers have been in the building since Tuesday, and have “determined the ties that bind the [crane] tower to the building are secure.” By tomorrow, he said, workers will be able “to tie the boom to the building.”
Then officials can reopen West 57th Street — closed since Monday at the height of the storm — and begin taking down the broken crane at the under-construction luxury building.
They’ll “eventually construct another crane next to it to take down this one,” the mayor said.
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
Don't think that's the correct building... Took some Googling for me (I don't live in NYC, so I don't know all the buildings). That would be the 9 West 57th Street building (you can see the big red "9" on the sidewalk in front of it) -- or, the Solow Building -- in the foreground. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solow_Building I do not see any mention of construction-related accidents with this building - so, not that one, I guess. It opened closer to 40 years ago, btw
But now I'm curious as to what accident that this was!
I don't remember the name of it either but it curves out on the bottom just like that one and it's in the same general neighborhood (vicinity of Lexington and 58th I think)
Condo prices remain sky-high at One57, the under-construction tower with the crane dangling over Midtown. Multiple industry sources tell Gimme Shelter that the incident has not impacted buyers, who have, as one broker put it, “short-term memory when it comes to these things — unless someone gets severely injured.” The building has already seen more than $1 billion in sales, with apartment prices hitting upwards of $90 million.
One recent buyer is a Connecticut hedge-fund honcho who bought a $30 million unit and has yet to decide whether it will be his family’s residence or an investment. “In any case, it has already gone up a million dollars on paper at least,” his broker says.
Others spotted the low-key buyer traipsing through a 38th-floor co-op at the Pierre in “camping-like clothes with a backpack.” “He didn’t look like he had any money at all,” one broker snips. “Who knew?”
That Pierre unit was just sold for $8 million to a different buyer. The seller was fashion mogul Giancarlo Giammetti, the business partner of designer Valentino. The fashionable apartment was previously owned by Pierre Berge, co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent Couture House.
International guests of a Manhattan hotel that was evacuated after the partial collapse of a crane over West 57th Street gathered near the site this morning, pleading for access to their clothes, money and passports.
About 50 travelers from Ireland, the U.K., Australia, France and Ecuador congregated at barricades at 57th Street and Sixth Avenue. They sought entry to the Salisbury Hotel in a coordinated attempt to work through their local consulates and override police restrictions.
New York City police and a representative from Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office responded to the gathering and denied the visitors access to the hotel. Representatives from each consulate were summoned to the scene and asked to help their nationals secure emergency passports and arrange to have their belongings shipped home, said Bradford Billet, a deputy commissioner with the mayor’s Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol.
“The consulates gave out bad information to their nationals so they all came at the exact same time,” said Billet, who met with hotel guests on the street.
The crane will be on display at the finish of the marathon on Sunday...
Workers assemble the finish line for the 2012 New York City Marathon in Central Park on Thursday.
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
This is a very good news! I was worried. In the end, anything becomes "uncertainty" for the people. But what good that many people have not changed their minds. Too bad it is all the billions of damage this storm caused.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
One57 does for Central Park what One WTC does for Downtown, they both anchor their respective areas.
When 432 Park Ave is complete, that tower will join One57 (almost like twin towers), where they both serve as anchors for Central Park -- so no matter where in the city you are (even if you are in NJ), all you need to do is look and you will instantly know where Central Park South begins.
These towers serve as a visual compass for the NY'er in all of us.
[When 432 Park Ave is complete, that tower will join One57 (almost like twin towers), where they both serve as anchors for Central Park -- so no matter where in the city you are (even if you are in NJ), all you need to do is look and you will instantly know where Central Park South begins.
432 and One57 aren't really that close. They're four avenues apart, which, especially on the West Side, means very long blocks.
I think that, if anything, One57 will be looked at in tandem with 225 W. 57, 220 CPS, and some of the other upcoming towers on W. 57 area, but 432 Park will be kind of "on it's own", at least for a few years.
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This is a very good news! I was worried. In the end, anything becomes "uncertainty" for the people. But what good that many people have not changed their minds. Too bad it is all the billions of damage this storm caused.
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