Violent Earthquakes Rock Thailand and Myanmar, 7.7 Magnitude Quake Collapses High-Rise in Bangkok
BANGKOK (AP) – Two violent earthquakes on Friday shook Southeast Asia, causing buildings in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, to shake and collapse, urging evacuation of the entire city and in neighbouring Myanmar. Bangkok police say the possible casualties are not yet known when a skyscraper under construction collapsed when the 7.7 Magnitul earthquake struck […]
Cladding will be fixed on high-rise buildings in England by 2029, says Angela Rayner | Housing
Dangerous cladding on all high-rise buildings in the UK will be fixed by the end of 2029 in a government-funded scheme, Angela Rayner has vowed. The Deputy Prime Minister criticized the pace of repairs more than seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, and announced on Monday that buildings over 18 […]
Woman falls to her death from NYC high-rise: cops
A woman fell to her death from a luxury Midtown Manhattan high-rise on Sunday morning, police said. A 911 caller reported the fall around 11:30 a.m., and officers found a woman lying on the ground outside Cannon Pointe South, a co-op at 45 Sutton Place on the East River. Sunday, first responders at an apartment […]
Revised high-rise plans will still cast shadow over BK Botanic Garden, cause ‘existential harm’ for ‘generations to come’: critics
A fight over a proposed high-rise near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden continues, even though the project’s developers claim they’ve revised the plans so they don’t overshadow the green space. Dozens of critics gathered at a public hearing Wednesday to reject developer Continuum’s pruning proposals, which garden officials argue would still create harmful shade for sun-loving […]