Brickell resident says they’re still in the dark after viral crane collapse

At New Times, we strive to meet the needs of our community, to answer your burning questions, and, whenever possible, provide solutions to your local problems. That’s why, when Redditor nattilife had users asking how a crane ended up on a Brickell high-rise pool, we couldn’t resist.

Despite nearly a week having passed since a massive crane collapsed onto a fortuitously empty high-rise pool, a resident of the Brickell building, One Plaza West, tells New Times staff that authorities have provided little information about the near-catastrophe.

Toronto-born software consultant Liam Stojanovic says the only message residents like him have seen from staff was a flier posted on a door in the building stating that a construction crew was working to remove a crane from the pool. And while the collapse has left residents at the luxury condominiums without a pool and other amenities they pay for (which was the least of Stojanovic’s concerns), the lack of information in the aftermath is what’s most troubling, he told New Times…

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