Repair Work Causes 100 Year Old New York Carpark To Collapse | 2023 Ann Street Disaster

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  @CoachFromL4D2 · 1 year ago

  I could only imagine the guys that are removing the bricks thinking, "Shouldn't we have hit a beam by now?"

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• RC

  @RCT3Crashes100 · 1 year ago (edited)

  One clip I remember from this incident is when the FDNY decided to investigate the wreckage using their brand new Boston Dynamics Spot robot, which was decorated in white with black spots to look like a Dalmatian. The robot boldly took its first few steps, strolled across to the rubble... and promptly tried to climb a loose piece of concrete, slipping and falling over on its side! Hopefully the metal good boy earned a gold star for enthusiasm :)

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  @janneaalto3956 · 1 year ago

  A friend of mine once got about three metric tonnes of soil, mud and water in his basement right through the windows when the neighbor just uphill from them dismantled the retaining wall between them that was on their side of the property line. The neighbor was supposed to rebuild it immediately but left it off and when the hundred-year record breaking rainfall soaked the ground, a part of the neighbor's yard became part of my friend's basement fill.

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  @grahammonk8013 · 1 year ago

  A pub in England that used to be my "local" had an extension and renovation started. Halfway through, the contractor pulled the owner aside. "Are you planning on opening this evening?" He got a very direct look from the owner, "Well, Saturday night, high Summer, I think you can say I was PLANNING on it? Problem?" The nervous contractor said "Well, you know that brick pier we were taking out to make room for the bathroom? We thought it was supporting about half the upper floor, it wasn't" Owner looks at the ceiling, "Then what the hell IS?" The contractor points to the 12 x 12 inch wooden column they were standing by. "This" and gave it a hard rap with his fist.  It literally rang like a bell. Basically it was carrying about 2/3 of the load from the upper floor and the roof. Looking at the roof line you could see the dip where the column stands. It should be noted that the building has been standing for over 500 years. They put in several props, and built a new brick pier about 24 x 24 and made sure it was well tied into the ceiling structure. They figured that took off about 30% of the load on the wooden column, and as it's been standing for five centuries that was a reasonable answer. That wooden column still rings like a bell though, albeit at a somewhat lower note.

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• AN

  @andrewmfhn11 · 1 year ago

  &quot;you must stay useful to fend off the bulldozers&quot;<br><br>really is a metaphor for life

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• LA

  @lairdcummings9092 · 1 year ago

  &quot;Load-Bearing Wall..?&quot; That doesn&apos;t sound very important, does it?

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  @martinpedersen4886 · 1 year ago (edited)

  &quot;They don&apos;t build them like they used to&quot; <br>I find it impressive that in a building that is poorly maintained and more than 100 years old, only 1-2 floors collapsed by removing the load bearing pillars. Usually when we watch concrete collapses on your channel, the whole building goes down, once something fails. The amount of force from a complete floor with cars falling down, must be enormous.

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• TH

  @ThatSoddingGamer · 1 year ago

  To be fair, considering it was apparently improperly constructed from the start, it lasting for nearly a century and what amounts to deliberate sabotage being what took it down prematurely, it had a pretty good run, especially factoring in how it was so heavily utilized and mostly got half-assed repairs over the years.

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  @Krend0rr · 1 year ago

  The scariest structure i&apos;ve ever done electrical repair works in (to date) is a patient and doctors parking garage for a major city hospital in my area. The structure is from the mid 1960s and was set to be demolished and rebuilt a few years ago but budgetary and logistical concerns cancelled the project -- no money for the new build and no place for patients to park nearby. <br><br>The concrete decking shakes when large SUVs go up the ramp, chunks of concrete have fallen down revealing the reinforcements above, and during rainstorms the cracks and gaps &nbsp;in the joinery let a waterfall through. &nbsp;I&apos;m always a bit concerned with the state of most parking garages now, since most management companies see no reason to close the structure for anything less than a catastrophe and elect to help the building limp along with the smallest repairs and upgrades they can manage...

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• AN

  @AncientOak5 · 1 year ago

  The support column was an antique chimney?!<br><br>I sure hope the victims and their families win the lawsuit

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• WI

  @wizardchairman3691 · 1 year ago (edited)

  <b>I used to park there when I worked at Liberty Plaza, and I knew Willis. He was one of the kindest people you would ever meet, RIP sir</b>

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  @vrose23 · 1 year ago

  I’m a New Yorker, and remember this vividly. I’m very familiar with that area too - I knew the building had the complaints about past structural issues, but had no idea about the solid brick pillar or how old the garage actually was! This is why I love this channel, your deep dives are so helpful

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