March’s NYC crane collapse was one block from my sister’s apartment. The latest crane collapse is forty blocks from my sister’s apartment. The little shrine and the notes on the windows of local businesses at the site of the March accident are really sad, and I imagine the same will pop up on the Upper East Side.

I noticed lots of cranes, scaffolding, and construction when we were in NYC and I can see how it would make people leery to walk down the street.