{"id":137353,"date":"2024-12-15T15:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T08:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137353"},"modified":"2024-12-15T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T08:22:36","slug":"traffic-alert-streets-closed-after-bricks-fall-from-new-orleans-cbd-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137353","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Alert: Streets closed after bricks fall from New Orleans CBD building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Structural bricks and debris fell from a building on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>NEW ORLEANS \u2014 Parts of O&#8217;Keefe Avenue were closed off by crews from the New Orleans Police Department and New Orleans Fire Department due to structural bricks and debris falling from a building&#8217;s fa\u00e7ade on Saturday, Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The closure encompasses O&#8217;Keefe from Girod to Lafayette streets, as well as Lafayette Street from O&#8217;Keefe to Baronne Avenue, which was blocked off by police tape at 9 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;A bus, a large vehicle could come down the street, just the vibration could possibly cause more damage, more debris to fall and possibly collapse,&#8221; said NOFD spokesperson Captain Edwin Holmes. &#8220;What we want to do now is make sure everyone is out of harm&#8217;s way until this incident can be properly accessed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"548\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOLAREADY: Street closure at Lafayette from Rampart to Baronne &amp; O&#8217;Keefe from Girod to Poydras due to partial building collapse. Avoid area until further notice<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NOLA Ready (@nolaready) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nolaready\/status\/1868155730022568282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The building, located at 938 Lafayette Street, houses The Helis Foundation John Scott Center and has been undergoing renovations on the structure&#8217;s exterior over the past month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The Helis Foundation John Scott Center is a 6,000-square-foot art museum that includes a contemporary art gallery and event space located on the first floor of the building.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The NOFD said the building is currently unoccupied and that few \u2013 if any \u2013 people were in the building at the time of their arrival.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>As an ongoing safety precaution, police have blocked both vehicular and pedestrian traffic in all directions within a one-block radius.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;We are asking that this area of downtown be avoided until further notice,&#8221; stated an NOFD media release after 10:30 p.m. &#8220;Entergy Gas and Electric are also assisting with the mitigation of this incident.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Check back for further updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/local\/traffic-alert-streets-closed-after-bricks-fall-from-new-orleans-cbd-building\/mailto:webteam@wwltv.com?subject=Typo&amp;body=Story%20Headline%3A%0D%0A%0D%0APlease%20describe%20the%20error%3A\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mailto:webteam@wwltv.com?subject=typo&amp;body=story%20headline%3a%0d%0a%0d%0aplease%20describe%20the%20error%3a\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to report a typo (please include headline of story when reporting error).<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p><em>\u25ba Get breaking news from your neighborhood delivered directly to you by downloading the new FREE WWL-TV News app now in the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/new-orleans-news-from-wwl\/id1453203460\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/new-orleans-news-from-wwl\/id1453203460\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>IOS App Store<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.doapps.android.mln.MLN_d6bcd10196773d6203b7e9b10e53fea3&amp;hl=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.doapps.android.mln.mln_d6bcd10196773d6203b7e9b10e53fea3&amp;hl=en_us\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Google Play<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/local\/traffic-alert-streets-closed-after-bricks-fall-from-new-orleans-cbd-building\/289-405c1791-739c-485e-8226-8be56ec9ba1a\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural bricks and debris fell from a building on Saturday night. 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