Wow! At 3AM my son looked out the window - 6th Ave bet.10-11th St.
and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down...totally destroying
a honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking around. This happened
because the city is finally taking down the "eyesore" vacant buidling
and were digging with a big piece of machinery right in front of
building. Apparently they severed the roots of the tree & last night
it came tumbling down. I think the initial digging had something to
do with disconnecting the pipes but I really don't know exactly what
they were doing. The fire dept. sawed off the limbs but the entire tree
trunk was still there this morning blocking all traffic in both directions.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13566 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Mon Aug 28, 06 10:41 am EST
Diane wrote:
Wow! At 3AM my son looked out the window - 6th Ave bet.10-11th St.
and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down...totally destroying
a honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking around. This happened
because the city is finally taking down the "eyesore" vacant buidling
and were digging with a big piece of machinery right in front of
building. Apparently they severed the roots of the tree & last night
it came tumbling down. I think the initial digging had something to
do with disconnecting the pipes but I really don't know exactly what
they were doing. The fire dept. sawed off the limbs but the entire tree
trunk was still there this morning blocking all traffic in both directions.
If possible, can you take a photo and post it here?
Guest
Mon Aug 28, 06 12:04 pm EST
armchair_warrior retsop cixelsyd
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 5800 Location: boondocks
Mon Aug 28, 06 12:14 pm EST
Anonymous wrote:
holy hell. damn! poor guy's car.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13566 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Mon Aug 28, 06 1:04 pm EST
Sweet! Well, that's a strong argument against banning guest posting right there.
Guest
Mon Aug 28, 06 1:12 pm EST
I posted the picture (from another forum, BTW).
I actually tried to register, but no dice.
Livetotravel Rent Stabilized
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1630 Location: A block from the Park
Mon Aug 28, 06 1:23 pm EST
Anonymous wrote:
Excellent post! _________________ But that's impossible.
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6489 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Mon Aug 28, 06 4:13 pm EST
Carnivore wrote:
Sweet! Well, that's a strong argument against banning guest posting right there.
practically the first ever . . .
Yavel Regular
Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 168 Location: The Boneyard
Mon Aug 28, 06 7:21 pm EST
Wow, I just walked by there and wondered what became of that tree.
Are they tearing down the building? That's too bad. It would be nice if it were restored so as not to break up the continuity of the block. All the other buildings on that stretch of 6th are in the same style and in good shape.
Rose Ninja
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 911 Location: South Slope
Mon Aug 28, 06 8:56 pm EST
Yavel wrote:
Are they tearing down the building? That's too bad. It would be nice if it were restored so as not to break up the continuity of the block. All the other buildings on that stretch of 6th are in the same style and in good shape.
There probably wouldn't be much to restore. It's been vacant and crumbling for many years.
marian Guest
Wed Aug 30, 06 12:30 pm EST
I live across the street from this building and I'm curious to know more about the building being taken down by the city. On Property Shark there are no new violations. I have always wondered about this mess of a building and besides rumors haven't been able to find out any info. Thanks.
pilusoc Guest
Tue Sep 26, 06 12:31 pm EST
About a month ago I saw some people flagging down a cop for help because their Jeep had got stuck in the sinkhole in front of where that Honda is. It was stuck up to the axle in the hole.
erikka Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 754
Tue Sep 26, 06 1:04 pm EST
Diane wrote:
Wow! At 3AM my son looked out the window - 6th Ave bet.10-11th St.
and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down...totally destroying
a honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking around. This happened
because the city is finally taking down the "eyesore" vacant buidling
and were digging with a big piece of machinery right in front of
building. Apparently they severed the roots of the tree & last night
it came tumbling down. I think the initial digging had something to
do with disconnecting the pipes but I really don't know exactly what
they were doing. The fire dept. sawed off the limbs but the entire tree
trunk was still there this morning blocking all traffic in both directions.
I've read about other cases of fallen trees near construction sites--you'd think they would have done something in anticipation of that happening. They're lucky no one got hurt, but can you imagine getting up in the morning to go to work and finding THAT?
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