Ah, Marble Hill. The part of Manhattan that's on the mainland. It had a 212 area code after we switched to 718. Also, at 1:46 in that video, ugh - I don't like that parapet. The beams were already burning.
Thanks, Captain R. https://abc7ny.com/little-italy-building-collapse-emergency-demolition-188-grand-street/14316359/
Reports are that wood floor joists were cut and removed illegally.
I know this is an old-law tenement constructed of wood and masonry. In the case of the Bronx collapse on...
To quote a Bronx Dispatcher I sat next to in the trailer who had kids who watched the Wonder Pets: "The phone...the phone is ringing. This is serious!".
Now reports are the workers were removing bricks from this "decorative" column?
Also, building folks, chime in on the steel piers that usually form the base of these MDs from the 1920s. I know many have rotted and bent over the years, but this one doesn't seem to even be there at all.
A couple of things -
1) Isn't there supposed to be a vertical steel column in that corner? I thought there were steel columns at the corners and a steel beam that goes across the first floor.
2) I don't like these cracks.
Eh, sort of. Both are really semi-duplex, meaning both rely on repeaters and only one side (the dispatcher) can transmit and receive at the same time. Simplex means both sides can only transmit or receive at one time. The difference between NYPD and FDNY is PD's "mixer" is on all the time...