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The New York Daily News reports: A massive construction crane atop a high rise in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards caught fire and collapsed, striking the building across the street before plummeting more than 45 stories onto the street below Wednesday morning. Terrified pedestrians scrambled for cover as a plume of thick black smoke could be seen for miles. The crane caught …

The Associated Press reports: Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two different definitions of the 12-inch measurement known as a foot. Some land surveyors use what’s known as the U.S. survey foot. Others use the definition that’s more accepted by the broader world: the international …

The New York Times reports: President Trump said on Thursday that he will impose stiff and sweeping tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum as he moved to fulfill a key campaign promise to get tough on foreign competitors. Mr. Trump said he would formally sign the trade measures next week and promised they would be in effect “for a …

A massive 565-foot construction crane collapsed this morning in downtown Manhattan as operators were attempting to secure it under high winds. At least one person was killed in his parked car and wreckage is strewn for two city blocks. Con Ed workers have cut power and gas lines to the area as a precaution. This is the first crane collapse …

Starting with site preparation in 2004.

On Saturday a 250-foot construction crane collapsed onto the downtown Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. There were no injuries. A giant crane toppled onto the top of a 25- story building in lower Manhattan Saturday night, sending waves of bricks and stone plummeting to the sidewalk, authorities and witnesses said. …

More than twice as tall as the Empire State, the Burj Dubai officially opens today in a heavy cloak of security. Dubai is set to open the world’s tallest building Monday as the city seeks to revitalize its economy after a debt crisis in 2009 that forced the once-hot financial center to turn to neighboring Abu Dhabi for help. The …

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I cannot believe this. ANOTHER construction crane has collapsed on the Upper East Side, killing at least two people. Two people died in a crane collapse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning, according to the city’s fire department, reports WCBS-2 in New York. The construction crane smashed into a high-rise apartment building before crashing more than a …

Good grief. It’s raining men again on the UES. A man fell to his death at a construction site on the Upper East Side on Monday. The incident happened at 67th Street and 1st Avenue at a building called The Laurel. Police said they responded to the fall at around 10:32 a.m. The 24-year-old man fell from the 23rd floor …

Gotham nightclub FUBAR was destroyed in a construction disaster on Manhattan’s East Side this afternoon, just about a mile from my apartment. A 15-story construction crane collapsed, destroying an entire five-story apartment building and FUBAR. At least three people were killed. Something is seriously wrong with construction oversight in this town, this shit is happening every week. More photos.