Our old cities have old structures, from parking garages to bridges.
Heaven help us when they come a-tumbling down.
This one apparently had some very substantial defects:
Collapsed Manhattan parking garage has long record of structural issues, including 11-foot cracks in walls, roof: docsBy Nolan Hicks, Joe Marino and Emily Crane
April 20, 2023
The Manhattan parking garage that collapsed this week, killing one and injuring five, has a lengthy history of structural issues that required substantial repairs — including 11-foot-long cracks in the walls and roof, engineering docs obtained by The Post show.
The extensive work required to make the Financial District parking deck safe was laid bare in a 2010 engineering report after the owners of the Ann Street building were slapped with a violation summons by the city.
The laundry list of repairs included multiple 11-foot wall cracks on the second floor and cracks in the roof measuring 10 feet and 4 feet. Fractures were also discovered in at least one spot where the building’s ground floor columns connected to a ceiling support beam, according to the report.
It’s not clear if any of the dangerous issues were ever repaired.
“These are major items. Beams are a big deal,” an engineering expert who reviewed the documents told The Post.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/collapsed-manhattan-parking-garage-has-long-history-of-structural-issues-docs/