This is a selfie video captured by steeplejack (a tradesman who scales buildings to inspect/repair them, originally named for climbing church steeples) James Marksbury while hanging onto the top spire of the Chrysler Building in New York City at approximately 1,000-feet. For reference, I’m just over 6’1″, so he’s at
This is a nearby resident’s footage of a smoking and exploding manhole following a larger explosion that removed the cover. Apparently this was one of a series of manhole explosions and underground fires in the area, and three buildings were evacuated due to increased carbon monoxide levels, although thankfully no
When I was 14 I could barely stick two LEGO bricks together without gluing my head to the table. Well, it appears Twitter user Laura33697398’s son may have slightly surpassed my ability at the same age and created this entire Manhattan build. Impressive. I mean near as impressive as impressive