We must be on the Eve of Destruction!
Blue Smurfland can be one dangerous place for children and their gonads.
Wow! That is some crappy construction.
This never would have happened if a Muslim communist like Zohran Mamdani were mayor.
Onward the Revolution!
✊
” the owner of Plaza Furniture, which is the business the façade fell from, said he had just walked into his store when the collapse occurred.”
HE SHOULDN’T HAVE SLAMMED THE DOOR.
Back pain, back pain, and leg pain. That sounds believable. Judging from the pictures, the concrete bounced off the Jeep. Looks like the passenger side window cracked a little bit. It looks like the FD EMS folks are preparing to backboard someone. The use of backboards was deemphasized 12 years ago. I’m glad they’re all okay.
Multiple kids injured after building façade collapses onto street in Queens: FDNY
So it turns out, multiple kids means 2 kids and one adult who were in a car parked on the street next to the building.
Stupid headline
Tofu dreg construction comes to America?
The city inspectors know that failing an old building means the end of not just the current business, but that the cost to bring the building up to code exceeds what the landlord could charge in rent, effectively ending the financial gain for the city, and increasing the likelihood that the city will become the owner of another abandoned property.
Welcome to Main Street, USA.