Earlier today
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@Waymond_Womano thanks for these wonderful pictures. Great viewpoints! 
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The speed at which this one went up is very remarkable, considering it only passed street level in February. It’s only a few more floors from topping out.
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The crane caught on fire and partially collapsed this morning. I saw the plume of smoke from Hells Kitchen on my way to work this morning. I hope nobody was hurt.
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Video of the crane collapse
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On Fox:
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More photos
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NBC feed -
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That’s a yikes
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This was a very unfortunate occurrence and just as it was getting ready to top out, it will surely be on hold for a while.
I’m sure residents at 555 10th Ave across the street were shaken up when the crane clipped the top of the building.
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6 months or more before this starts productive work again.
the interesting part will be the procedure to take this entire crane down and then rebuild it from the ground up - possibly the towers could stay in place if they pass inspections.
i think they will have to build at least 1 or 2 more floors somehow, then put up a derrick, take the crane down, then build it back up, then take the derrick down, then resume work.
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Would the crane operator bear financial responsibility for any inevitable cost overruns in this scenario? The developer would get really screwed if not.
No doubt everyone will be suing each other in a mad frenzy.
And don’t forget the crane manufacturer and the electric hoist engine manufacturer. Apparently the hoist engine is what started to burn.
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this could have been so much worse.
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