"A pane of glass plummeted more than 400 feet from a Midtown skyscraper, crashing down onto the sidewalk and street below early Sunday morning, city officials said. The 4-foot-by-6-foot pane fell from 1345 Sixth Ave., a 50-story, 2 million-square-foot tower at W. 54th St., around 7 a.m., according to the city's Department of Buildings. No one was injured by the glass, though police blocked off the sidewalk as first responders gathered."
"The building's 43rd floor, from which the glass fell, is undergoing alteration work, Buildings officials said. The floor was previously damaged during construction on Friday, those officials said. Contractors are currently working to seal up the floor, and DOB has issued a violation to general contractor JRM Contracting for failing to safeguard its construction site, officials said. The Buildings Department has also issued a partial stop-work order covering the 43rd floor, and has ordered an engineering report about the other windows at the construction site."
A 4-foot-by-6-foot pane of glass fell more than 400 feet from 1345 Sixth Ave. in Midtown around 7 a.m., landing on the sidewalk and street. No one was injured, and police blocked off the sidewalk as first responders gathered. The glass came from the building's 43rd floor, which is undergoing alteration work and had been previously damaged during construction on Friday. Contractors are working to seal the floor. The Department of Buildings issued a violation to general contractor JRM Contracting for failing to safeguard the construction site, placed a partial stop-work order on the 43rd floor, and ordered an engineering report on other windows. Officials said weather did not appear to be a factor.
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