After 6 months of dramatic fascination, the crane that dominated downtown is gone.
It appeared suddenly in September, as part of the Bedford Square project.
It moved enormous pieces of construction equipment effortlessly, and gracefully.
It even lit up like a jinormous Christmas tree, during the holiday season.
(Photo/Wendy Cusick)
Now its work is done. It’s been disassembled, and trucked back to wherever huge cranes go between jobs.
Coming down. (Photo/Denise Torve)
It was fun while it lasted.
And years from now, boys and girls who are toddlers today will ask themselves — and their parents — whether their memory of a huge crane towering over Westport was really real, or just something they dreamed up as kids.
Heading home. (Photo/Denise Torve)
My 3 year old wil be upset that it has gone.
At least he didn’t come down as the crane in NYC a few weeks ago. 😉
“Busytown”?
I’m upset that it’s gone. Loved that crane ‘Waldman Crane’ even though it was owned by Morrow. I’m waaayyy older than 3 yrs old and i’m upset it’s gone.
Having erected a few tower cranes in my former career, I can say with certainty that the best day is the day it is totally dismantled and trucked back to the storage yard for preventive and routine maintenance and re-certification. Once a project is free of the crane you have made the turn and are racing for the home stretch.