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In the News: The cause of the Ann Street garage collapse
THE CAUSE OF THE ANN STREET GARAGE COLLAPSE
The Trib reported on the investigation into the causes behind the Ann Street parking garage collapse that killed a worker there in 2023. It concluded that just hours before the collapse, a worker had removed bricks and mortar from a weight-bearing column.
TEN QUESTIONS WITH DAMON LISS
Interior Design magazine did a Q&A with Tribecan Damon Liss, whose architecture office has been on Hudson and Duane since 2003. Liss covers drawing early inspiration from his father’s bespoke clothing store, a love for vintage pieces, and the process of working on his own residence.
WHERE GRANDMA RUNS THE KITCHEN
The Times did a feature on city kitchens run by grandmothers, and Nonna Dora’s in Kips Bay was featured. They have taken the former Tribeca’s Kitchen space on Church. From the Times: “Dora lives nearby and comes in during lunch on most weekdays, when she posts up at a dining room table — look for the one that’s a little worn down with flour in the crevices — to make 10 pounds of pasta…The restaurant, which is owned by Dora’s son, Nicola, is opening a second location in TriBeCa in about a month — soon, nonna will head down there daily and continue her routine in a designated pasta-making corner.”
222 BROADWAY CONVERSION IS COMING ALONG
Yimby has an update on the conversion of 222 Broadway, between Ann and Fulton. The building is 31 stories and will have 798 rental apartments and 40,000 square feet of commercial space. “The $43.6 million overhaul will also involve the partial re-cladding of the midcentury façade and the construction of a 40-foot extension atop the parapet, bringing the total height to 430 feet, according to permits.”
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The adjacent parking garage immediately to the north of that on Beekman east of Nassau has just reopened… It’s been closed since the collapse and whoever owns it has done a significant amount of reinforcing.
I always thought that parking cars on the roof was a hazard. Roofs generally are not built to bear a lot of weight. HVAC systems, etc. are usually on some type of dunnage with the load being borne by the parapet walls, which are built to carry loads. Just guessing here.
It’s been around 100 years since load-bearing bricks have been used to build columns in multi-story NYC construction. (Non-load-bearing bricks have subsequently been used to cover load-bearing steel.) The worker removing bricks and mortar likely thought that they were cosmetic.
Worse. The engineer directing the workers thought the bricks were merely veneer.
From the Trib:
“Experion Design Group, engineers for the garage owners, Little Man Parking, incorrectly assumed that a structural steel column was inside the brick encasement when a worker was told to demolish the critical third-floor support, the report said. Without the required engineering plans or permits, workers had begun removing damaged bricks and mortar as early as March 2023, according to the report. On the day of the collapse, workers were told by a consulting engineer to put the bricks back, but ‘did not communicate urgency,’ the report said.”