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Union Square Sucks

newyorknow Two from the mailbag! "I live by Union Square and have been serenaded by helicopters (sounds like 3 or 4) for the past half hour or so - doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon. What the hell is going on??? I'm used to the sirens and helicopters 24/7 but usually they come and go...they're hovering right over Union Square it looks like." Asked and answered! "A sinkhole seems to be swallowing the backend of a dept of sanitation garbage truck on w17th st btw 5th and 6th. BLTFish customers are shuffling by nonchalantly, still intent on their roasted halibut." Yep, it's official, the city is falling apart.

1:15 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By balk
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LolCait at 01:21 PM on 09/04/07
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Suspiciously, the noise coming from the hole's gaping maw is a low, rumbling "vote Giuliani."
janna at 01:24 PM on 09/04/07
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Bill Clinton is going to be at the Union Square Barnes and Noble tonight, so it's going to be bananas over there even after they get the truck out.
Clarence Rosario at 01:25 PM on 09/04/07
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Look, I know it's easy to point fingers, but my money is on Gozer.
mark duffy at 01:29 PM on 09/04/07
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Union Square's a hellmouth, huh? Always an easy way out for you, Balk.
Sara Benincasa at 01:29 PM on 09/04/07
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Please, please, please let this tragedy take down some Tisch first-years.
LolCait at 01:31 PM on 09/04/07
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@Sara Benincasa: Halp!!1! This Is Our Youth! It will go unmolested!!1
rod townsend at 01:34 PM on 09/04/07
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Gaping hole?
Near Splash?

I've heard this one before.
xtrakrispy at 01:34 PM on 09/04/07
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A single sink hole is a sign of a crumbling infrastructure? Welcome to New York buddy. Your mommy isn't here to take care of you anymore...
Ned B at 01:38 PM on 09/04/07
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Helicopters are, of course, the equipment of choice for addressing holes in the ground. They will carry fill material in quart buckets and drop it, ever so gently, into the void below. The work will be complete in time for the New York-hosted Olympics.
Ha Ha Sound at 01:38 PM on 09/04/07
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I think that's where the idiots who still think Coffee Shop is worth waiting 45 minutes for a table come from. In order words, it's a secret passageway to Long Island.
kpsquare at 01:39 PM on 09/04/07
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@Clarence Rosario: Yes. We must prepare for the coming of Gozer, the DestrucTOR. Are you a god?
Balk at 01:41 PM on 09/04/07
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@xtrakrispy: Yep, a single sinkhole.
Clarence Rosario at 01:42 PM on 09/04/07
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@kpsquare: When someone asks you if you're a god, you...say...yes!
NinaHagen at 01:45 PM on 09/04/07
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Will this affect my basil shopping?
AndIAmTellingYou at 01:45 PM on 09/04/07
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Just as I thought. Union Square has become the entrance to hell. Between the crush of inhumanity, the snotty service at Coffeeshop (where I get sucked into as a food failsafe), or running into an ex, it always makes me feel like I'm dodging Scylla and Charibdys.
Sara Benincasa at 01:52 PM on 09/04/07
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@LolCait: Tra la la la la, can't wait for Rolfing, gonna improve my technique, la la la--whoa! Agh! Help! I'm--losing--my--balance--Nooooo! Auditions for "Sunday in the Park with George" are this weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
koala325 at 01:57 PM on 09/04/07
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Well, I've often thought about living in Union Square. How much is the sinkhole going for a month?
lionel-mandrake at 02:01 PM on 09/04/07
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@Sara Benincasa: And this time your yoga mat won't save you!!! ha!
GothamTomato at 02:09 PM on 09/04/07
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I wouldn't mind a sinkhole in Union Square as long as it swallows up some of the picture mafia vendors infesting the south end.
eastvillageidiot at 02:12 PM on 09/04/07
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Quickly! Jump in! This is the wormhole to an alternate universe devoid of NYU frosh, I-bankers, and hipsters.
Sara Benincasa at 02:16 PM on 09/04/07
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@eastvillageidiot: The Bronx?
Sara Benincasa at 02:18 PM on 09/04/07
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@lionel-mandrake: But tuition is only $18,000 per credit this semester! I just registered for 24 credits of Iyengar for Thespians! Why am I stiiiiilllll faaaaaaalllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnggg? *SPLAT!*
Henifer Hropes at 02:26 PM on 09/04/07
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"A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.".... NYC without a hole is....?
Dwayne Provecho at 02:27 PM on 09/04/07
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@eastvillageidiot: Isn't that "Past, Over"?
MisterHippity at 02:30 PM on 09/04/07
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New York New York, a crumbling town
A garbage truck's in a hole in the ground
But seafood buyers just walk right around
New York New York ...
The One at 03:17 PM on 09/04/07
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@eastvillageidiot: This weekend, I noticed lots of dweebs walking around the Village wearing "NYU Class of 2011" t-shirts.

I'm grateful that NYU is activating a Douchebag Alert System for us.
GothamTomato at 04:02 PM on 09/04/07
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I cruised past the sinkhole a little while ago, and heard talk that they think that the garbage truck may have ruptured a gas main when it went into the hole.
freshnesst at 05:06 PM on 09/04/07
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I biked past that sinkhole early this morning (6:45) and muttered to myself, "That sucker is gonna open up wide."
TVAddendum at 06:00 PM on 09/04/07
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@HENIFER_HLOPES- I EAT TACOS Y BURRITOS: About to vote Hillary Clinton out of office?