at 1am, one of the channels here shows letterman. it’s not the current one… it’s about a week delay. the other nite i saw one where they kept showing a new building on w 53rd where one of those window washer carts had come away from the bldg and was in danger of falling from the 35th floor. as you would expect, the entire block seemed to be blocked off. cops out there too.
tonite i left for work at 5:50. caught the tram on the corner of flinders and william where there’s a big hotel. as i got off the tram at 5:55 a few blocks away i grabbed my phone to put it on silent. that’s when i realised i had a message. work had called and said they didn’t need me. so i head to the grocery store. at 6:10 i’m back ready to cross the flinders st/william intersection but there’s a fireman on my corner and one on the other corner. actually the other corner is blocked off. hmm. it’s not til i reach the other corner and hear this guy say there’s falling glass that i notice the glass on the ground. the safety diversion was just to walk 4 feet away and walk along the tram path for a few feet and then we could walk back onto the sidewalk. i could see a window that looked missing (it’s probably a 15 story bldg).
but how’s that for a difference. there were cars driving right along there. the tram stop is in the middle of the street so that’s like 4 ft way from the sidewalk. when the glass fell it must have fallen into the street. there were only 2 official people there. i was able to walk right up to the corner.
i’m not sure if this means nyc goes overboard (possibly b/c of lawsuits) or if melbourne doesn’t do enough. somehow i think i’d prefer the nyc method.