In New York, a famous architect and 'socialite' died: a piece of building fell on her

An architect died a few blocks from his office in Times Square in central New York. City officials say this tragedy could have been prevented. The publication writes about this in detail. New York Post.

On Tuesday, December 17, in the central part of New York, in the middle of the street, a woman died. Part of the facade of one of the towers collapsed on it, the owners of which were previously fined due to the emergency state of their property, the source said.

The dead turned out to be 60-year-old architect Erica Tishman from the Upper East Side. She walked along 49th Street near Seventh Avenue at about 10:45 a.m. when this happened, police said. According to them, the woman died on the spot.

Eyewitnesses of the incident

“I saw how the New York police tried to resuscitate a man in a black coat. Her head was closer to the building and her legs to the street ... She did not move, ”said a witness named Kit, who refused to give his last name.

He and the other passers-by who often walked here said they were worried about their safety.

“I go there every day to get to work. I eat at a (nearby - Ed.) Pizzeria two or three times a week, he added. "I could be in danger and not even know about it."

Another man, a 29-year-old musician from the Bronx, Pablo Black, said that she uses this route every day. He was just leaving the nearby metro station during the incident.

“There are a lot of pedestrians here, and it's crazy that at any moment something can fall and hit you in the head, like in Final Destination,” he said, drawing an analogy with a popular Hollywood thriller.

Reason for the incident

According to city records, Seventh Avenue property was called emergency in April. Construction inspectors noted that "damaged terracotta in areas above the 15th floor in several places is a danger to pedestrians."

Owners of the building, 729 Acquisition LLC, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

About the deceased: a famous architect and "socialite"

According to the information on the website of the publication Fox News, the architect died a few blocks from her office in Times Square on Tuesday morning, when the wreckage of a collapsed building fell right on her.

The source also confirms that previously this 17-story building was fined due to the fact that its facade was a danger to others.

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The woman received a head injury and died by the time the police arrived at 10:45 in the morning.

Tishman was a renowned architect and vice president at a project management company in Manhattan. Another edition - New York Times - described her as "the socialite of New York and Park Avenue."

The authorities did not specify what exactly fell on the architect, but the Department of Buildings checked after the incident and discovered cracks in the facade and missing parts of the terracotta.

“We mourn this tragedy, and our hearts mourn with our family,” the building's owners said in a statement. "The company will fully cooperate with the city in this matter." The owners paid a fine of $ 1250, the maximum amount for such a violation.

"A tragedy that could have been prevented ..."

State Senator Brad Hoyleman, representing the Times Square area, said Himmel + Meringoff should have installed 729 sidewalks or scaffolding around the building on Seventh Avenue as soon as it became known that the facade was in disrepair.

Hoyleman said: "This is a tragedy that could have been prevented if they (the owner of the building - Ed.) Followed the law."