Friday, April 21, 2023

the New York City parking garage that collapsed this week? Was designed and built nearly 100 years ago, when cars weighed a LOT LESS, and having WAY too many vehicles on it contributed to the structural failure.


Parked 3 wide between the outer rows was NEVER in the engineer's designed load bearing calculations for materials and support structure for 1925, and greed, once again, causes the problem


the Ann Street building in lower Manhattan caved in just after 4 p.m.

A preliminary investigation found that too much weight on the roof and the building's age contributed to the severity of the collapse, according to the New York City Fire Department chief of safety.

A certification was issued in 1957 that allowed for "more than five" motor vehicles on the cellar and the first three stories. It specified the roof may have "passenger-car type" vehicles only.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-garage-collapse-new-york-city-likely-due-buildings-nearly-100-y-rcna80454
https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/owners-of-collapsed-ann-street-garage-are-rich-new-yorkers-from-the-suburbs/
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3 comments:

  1. Marc B9:30 AM

    It will only get worse if a large number of battery electric vehicles get parked in these garages that were designed for lighter cars.

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    1. Sam. Joe12:21 AM

      @Marc B: Exactly! I don't know which was the most common car in 1925, but I guess still the Model T. Which is weighted 1,200–1,650 lb...

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  2. Jack12:16 PM

    And look at all of those beautiful colored cars ! At first I thought that they were black and white photos. But I digress, had they been pics. taken in 1925 it would have looked similar.

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