Construction Incidents
Since 2006, materials fell from the building on two occasions:
- August 12, 2008: A 1,500-pound (680 kg) glass panel fell onto a sidewalk. Two people suffered minor injuries.
- September 17, 2008: A debris container fell, shattered a panel of glass facade, and caused several pieces of glass to fall from the 50th floor to the sidewalk and street (West 42nd and Sixth Avenue) at around 3 p.m. No one was injured.
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Famous quotes containing the words construction and/or incidents:
“There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)