04-18-2016, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 555 Saddledome Rise SE
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Glass falls off Brookfield tower and shuts down traffic
It seems there is a large amount of roads cordoned off down around the Suncor building. Any idea what is going on?
Edit: apparently it was this:
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Glass crashing down on a car from the under-construction Brookfield Place in downtown Calgary has shut down Sixth Avenue S.W.
"We received a call at 4 o'clock that there was glass that fell from the 33rd floor and thankfully did not injure anybody because that would have been really, really nasty," said Calgary Fire Department spokesperson Carol Henke.
Due to the situation, Sixth Avenue S.W. is closed between First and Second Streets and will be for some time as crews wait for strong winds to subside.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...gary-1.3541910
Last edited by Frequitude; 04-18-2016 at 07:38 PM.
Reason: Updated thread title and added news story
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04-18-2016, 05:40 PM
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My guess is crap flying off of buildings
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04-18-2016, 05:41 PM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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Piece of glass from the Brookfield site fell. No one hurt apparently
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04-18-2016, 05:41 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northendzone
My guess is crap flying off of buildings
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This. Accoridny to twitter debris (aka crap). Not sure if it's from one of the new buildings. Hopefully no one was hurt.
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04-18-2016, 05:42 PM
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Oh wow. Well there are a few panes missing by the looks of things.
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04-18-2016, 05:56 PM
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Location: Calgary
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From what I've heard a crane hit the window.
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04-18-2016, 06:33 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Suncor Apple core jumpers?
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04-18-2016, 06:35 PM
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^^^ Not funny
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04-18-2016, 07:24 PM
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Not the first time stuff has flown off this building
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04-18-2016, 07:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skudr248
Not the first time stuff has flown off this building
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Not even the first time this year I think
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04-18-2016, 07:30 PM
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On Hiatus
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roast Beef
From what I've heard a crane hit the window.
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those are anchor points for the crane
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04-18-2016, 07:36 PM
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Ya those wood covered pane spaces have been there for a while.
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04-18-2016, 09:02 PM
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Time for an ongoing crap flying off of downtown buildings thread
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04-18-2016, 09:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Violator
those are anchor points for the crane
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uhhh yeah but do you not see the pane of glass missing on the other side of the building from the anchors near the corner?
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04-18-2016, 11:15 PM
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04-18-2016, 11:18 PM
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Lesson learned. Do not use the phrase "a crane was lifting something and the wind blew its load into the glass" when discussing what happened with coworkers.
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04-19-2016, 09:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frequitude
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If it is what my wife & saw around 3pm there was a crane pulling up a metal girder and with the wind it was moving around a bunch & while my wife was walking up 1st street it seemed like the girder hit the building on the way up at least once; but it seemed like more than once.
I guess then with the wind it took until 4pm for that glass to dislodge.
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04-19-2016, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Violator
those are anchor points for the crane
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Thanks, Violator. That wasn't helpful at all.
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04-19-2016, 11:16 AM
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Traffic was mayhem yesterday along 6th. So glad I park just outside the core.
And in some unrelated news today, a semi truck that was too tall for the 9th ave overpass got stuck underneath the bridge when it's roof clipped the truck. 1st street/Mcleod south. I walked right beside the aftermath.
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04-19-2016, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Thanks, Violator. That wasn't helpful at all.
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NP dink
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