yikes!

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I forgot to mention that we walked by a huge amount of ambulances and fire trucks on the way to bowery for Becky’s birthday party. We finally figured out why 1/2 of Houston Street was closed off when we walked by a building that had partially collapsed. Honestly with this and the building in Harlem collapsing last week, and hearing about others collapsing since have lived in New York City for the past 3 years makes me seriously nervous at the structural stability of all the buildings in NYC. At least I don’t live in an apartment that has a floor that was at almost a 45-degree angle from the kitchen into the center of the room anymore. Scary stuff.

http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/01/and_to_collapse.php