Retaining Wall to Henry Hudson Parkway: Drop Dead

A huge-ass century-old retaining wall holding back Washington Heights from the Henry Hudson Parkway collapsed yesterday, killing no one:

Residents say that for years rocks and debris had occasionally fallen onto Riverside Drive, which doubles as an entrance ramp to the northbound parkway.

But few suspected the giant wall would ever give way.

Meanwhile, the Daily News gets all bitchy about how NY1 failed to cover the mayhem (“New York 1 News blew it.”). I didn’t realize people took them seriously! Not as seriously as, say, the Daily News! I guess Pat Kiernan was featured in The Interpreter, though, so they’re pretty real.

New York Post headline: “West Slide Drive”

New York Daily News headline: “Grid-Rock”

Winner: The Post!