The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan - Veritasium

[marble falls]

1. I've been reading about this for years, this documentary is the most complete single explanation ...

... I've seen, at least as good as the one I watched on NOVA years ago.

The thing that struck me most with this one is do I believe there is the integrity of REITS, engineers, building officials etc these days to do what these people did to fix a terrible oversight, and I am most certainly do not think so.

I believe this was going on around the same time that another apt fire in the sprinkler devoid Trump Tower killed someone. The Tower has since has some further deaths and fires in residential spaces. Trump uses pooled money (insurance) with other land lords to buy time and prevent making buildings, including ones still on the boards, safer because of higher costs.

I really enjoyed this!

I designed fire rated windows and presented a smoke curtain alternative to smoke lobbies at elevator hoistways to architects and taught a continuing education course to architects in Life Safety on smoke migration through elevator hoistways, and got to be an associate member of NFPA, ICBO and AIA.