[P.O.E.]

I was always leery of those store sidewalk elevator panels - I’m not fat, but some of them look pretty rickety.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I was always leery of those store sidewalk elevator panels - I’m not fat, but some of them look pretty rickety

It looks like this one was covered over with slate. Slate is awful brittle, and doesn't have a lot of tensile strength. New York City has incredibly tough building codes and incredibly corrupt inspectors.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I was always leery of those store sidewalk elevator panels - I’m not fat, but some of them look pretty rickety

It looks like this one was covered over with slate. Slate is awful brittle, and doesn't have a lot of tensile strength. New York City has incredibly tough building codes and incredibly corrupt inspectors.