Missing iBeam

Do you remember the picture of the construction site on East 6th Street, where an iBeam was required to hold up the buildings on either side of the site?

Of course you do!

Since that time, the lease must have expired on the iBeam, because it's gone now.

Fear not, for it has been replaced with… lumber!

iBeam replaced with lumber.

I decided to get a close-up. Fortunately, the way was clear:

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

Even though these boards are bundled, you can see they are bowing.

At least they're joined securely to the buildings:

Uh oh…

Strike that.

Are those twisty-ties holding those boards together?

#eastvillage #2x4s #6thstreet #constructionsites #ibeams #jerseybarriers #orangecones #twistyties

Falling Down

You might not think so to look at it, but the East Village is built like a house of cards!

Evidence of this can be seen at this construction site on East 6th Street, where an I-beam is the only think preventing the building on the left from falling into the empty lot:

I-beam to the rescue.

I wonder if the owner of the building on the left paid the developer to prevent his building from collapsing? If I were the developer, I'd make him pay!

And if I were the owner of the building on the right, I'd make the developer pay to use my building as a support!

#eastvillage #6thstreet #constructionsites #ibeams