east village idiot

This morning’s amNewYork cover story is about a building in Lower Manhattan that is leaning! This is huge news. Why? Because nothing is better than making comparisons to the “strangely similar” Leaning Tower of Pisa. In fact, here’s a list of reasons how this building and the one in Pisa are “strangely similar:”

• The Lower Manhattan building is rectangular in shape and used for residential and commercial purposes, just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is round and used as a belltower.

• The Lower Manhattan building is leaning 8 inches, just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which leans 144 inches.

• The Lower Manhattan building’s leaning was caused by construction of a condominium high-rise next door, just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, where there was a boom in high-rise luxury real estate in 1173.

• The Lower Manhattan building was evacuated by the New York City Department of Buildings, just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which was evacuated by New York City Building Inspectors who travelled in a time machine back to the 10th Century.

• The Lower Manhattan building is held up with joists to keep it from leaning further, just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, where the joists that keep it from falling over are magically invisible.

• The Lower Manhattan building will likely be condemned, torn down, and replaced with a Duane Reade, just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is slated for demolition in 2009 in order to make room for Duani Ridi, the drugstore’s first international branch.

See that? They really are “strangely similar!” Who knew?

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