62nd Street

If you caught any national news today, you heard about the building collapse here in NYC. As the alleged story goes, a doctor who held a practice (and lived) in this building was going through a divorce, and was going to have to sell the building. Rather than have his ex-wife get anything out of the process, he planned to blow up the building, and commit suicide in the same act.

He survived the blast which crumbled the building, and guided firemen to his location in the rubble via cellphone. Happily, no one was killed in the blast, and as it wasn't a massive building, there were only a few injuries. The place was listed to sell with an estimated value of > $5 million.

After work, I figured I'd have a better chance of getting up close to the scene. Here's what I found:

(Click on any photo or any movie for a look.)