LaGuardia Place Building Wall Collapses

Last night, one of the walls of 496 LaGuardia Place collapsed, causing the evacuation of all residents and Houston Street to be closed. Luckily, no one was hurt as a "cascade of bricks" fell at 6:30PM. Residents told the Daily News that there was no construction at the buliding; the Department of Buildings is investigating the collapse. And according to Wired New York, 496 LaGuardia was built in 1909 and converted to a condo building in 1984.

There was a building collapse in Brooklyn in May, and a portion of the retaining wall on the Henry Hudson Parkway crumbled.

Fuzzy cameraphone picture of the police and fire department activity on Houston Street after the collapse; believe us, the street was closed