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Four people are dead, including a child, after a helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston Sunday night, according to authorities. "This is a tragic event tonight," Houston Police Chief J ...
Lighting on a Houston radio tower reportedly failed just days before it was hit by a helicopter on Sunday, killing four people in a fiery explosion that toppled the tower and left debris scattered ...
The Senior Road Tower is a guyed mast for FM and TV broadcasting, measuring 1,971 feet (601 m) tall, located in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County near Missouri City, Texas, United States. The present mast was built in 1983. It replaced a previous tower that collapsed in a construction accident in December 1982, killing five workers.
The crash happened near Engelke Street and North Ennis Street just before 8 p.m. when a helicopter slammed into a communication tower behind homes in Houston’s Second Ward, causing a large ...
Pennzoil Place is a set of two 36-story towers in Downtown Houston, United States. [2] designed by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects from a concept by Eli Attia, a staff architect with the firm. Completed in 1976, it is Houston's most award-winning skyscraper and is widely known for its innovative design. [3] [4] [5]
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas. Standing at 762 feet (232 m), [1] the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States. The building, designed by Houston-based M. Nasr & Partners P.C., was completed in 1987, and ...
The Williams Tower, completed in 1982 and rising 901 feet (275 m), is the third-tallest building in Houston. [6] Seven of the ten tallest buildings in Texas are located in Houston. [7] The history of skyscrapers in the city began with the construction of the original Binz Building in 1895.
A 2008 incident involving a scaffold collapse 47 floors over Manhattan, which occurred only months after Tractel repaired the faulty equipment, resulted in the death of one of two window washers ...