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Mom-of-3 obsessed with Legos builds 6-foot-tall doghouse for her pets: ‘Several hundred thousand pieces’
A woman who has loved buildable Legos ever since she was a little girl is taking her obsession to the next level by making dog houses.
The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say
Four people died and several more were seriously injured Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said.
For Oklahoma City residents, building the tallest tower in the United States sows doubts
The daring Legends Tower, which aims to soar to 1,907 feet above an unusual locale, has led locals to question its viability, especially due to weather.
Fire breaks out at Copenhagen's historic stock exchange, spire collapses
A fire hit Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, one of the Danish capital's most iconic buildings, engulfing its spire which collapsed onto the roof.
Unpaid NYC property taxes to hit record $880M this year — thanks to Letitia James: 'There are no consequences'
New York City officials are forecasting overdue property taxes will surge to a record $880 million in the current fiscal year -- and they say it's because they've lost the...
Flaco the owl had pigeon herpes, 4 kinds of rat poison in his system when he tragically died
Flaco the Owl, whose high-flying adventures captivated Big Apple dwellers for more than a year after his escape from the Central Park Zoo, was ravaged by herpesvirus he contracted from...
Inside the mystery of massive East Village funeral home ad that strangely reappeared months after it was sandblasted off wall
The sign for Peter Jarema Funeral Home loomed over the now-trendy lower Manhattan neighborhood for decades. Last summer, it was sandblasted into oblivion during a renovation.
Flaco's life and death another example of NYC progressivism gone awry
So Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl is dead — killed in a collision with an Upper West Side building Friday, a year after vandals cut the wires on his cage, just inside the...
Beloved NYC owl Flaco's official cause of death revealed
Flaco the beloved Eurasian eagle-owl who soared freely around the city after escaping from the Central Park Zoo a year ago died from "acute traumatic injury," according to newly released...
'Negligent' engineer whose botched inspection led to NYC apartment building collapse agrees to fine, ban
Richard Koenigsberg, the professional engineer whose firm was hired to inspect the nearly century-old Billingsley Terrace in Morris Heights, acquiesced to the terms about two months after the building caved...
Construction worker killed as home built illegally collapses in Brooklyn: officials
A worker died when a two-story home under construction collapsed in Brooklyn on Friday, cops said.
Roof collapse at church leaves gaping hole, steeple missing: 'God is aware'
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said state emergency personnel responded to help.
Plans for the tallest building in the US are underway -- and it's not in NYC
Plans to build the tallest skyscraper in the United States are shaping up in an unlikely metropolis.
NYC pre-war building endowed with a roof that resembles a penis
A well-endowed co-op building on the Upper West Side boasts a roof deck with a resemblance to a certain male appendage when viewed from above.
Hurrah for removal of 21-year-old Harlem scaffolding — but much more remains to do
Scaffolding that had been up for 21 years at 409 Edgecombe Avenue was finally taken down, highlighting the scourge of sidewalk structures all over the city.
Engineer suspended over 'catastrophic' error at collapsed Bronx building
The city has suspended an engineer's inspection authority after he misdiagnosed a load-bearing column as a decorative part of the Bronx building's structure.
Bronx building collapse is a warning of disasters likely to get ever more common
We'll see more incidents like Monday's partial collapse of a 47-unit Bronx building as progressives make it impossible for building owners to make ends meet.
East Village tenants left homeless because of construction at luxury tower next door
Residents of an East Village apartment building say the city abruptly kicked them out of their homes without notice due to structural issues caused by the construction of a luxury...
Collapsed Bronx building was declared unsafe in 2020 — COVID-19 delayed repairs
Engineers returned to Billingsley Terrace in March 2021, noting in their last report that "it was expected that the work would be complete by February 2021. However, the outbreak of...
Corner of Bronx apartment building collapses, nobody seriously injured
No one was seriously injured in the collapse.