Making an impact on The Daily Record

July 8, 2008

wall11.jpgThis morning, a truck hit our building.

That’s right – you read correctly. Just before eight this morning, a truck collided against The Daily Record building’s left side, taking off a few chunks of wall – and damaging a “No Parking” sign.

(An alley between our building and Saint Paul’s Church leads from E. Saratoga St. into a city-owned parking garage. It’s a frequently traversed space, and sometimes used by trucks for unloading).

According to an eyewitness, it seems that the truck was making a left hand turn onto Saratoga out of the alley when it got too close for comfort. Fortunately, no one was hurt; pieces of our stucco-like exterior litter the alley, but the building’s still standing.

wall21.jpgI’m new to the office, so I asked around the newsroom to see if there had been any similar incidents in the past.

One of our longtime editors informed me that while the parking garage next door was being built - about 10 years ago - a large crane toppled over on the worksite, nearly hitting our building. Imagine that: One second you’re typing, the next second a crane is crashing overhead.

What’s the most exciting thing to happen in your office?

RICHARD SIMON, Multimedia Reporter

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One Response to “Making an impact on The Daily Record”

  1. Louis... on July 8th, 2008 1:22 pm

    But anyone that was around The Daily Record two summers ago surely remembers the angry woman getting the ticket. Talk about impact!

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