I was stuck in traffic here last evening, too.

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Building work triggers snarl

Thursday, December 20, 2007
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

The partial collapse of a building near Jersey City's Brennan Court House yesterday had demolition crews working overnight to render the vacant building safe, officials said.

At 8:55 a.m., firefighters responded to the four-story brick building at Baldwin and Pavonia avenues on a report of the collapse and at 10 a.m. the city Building Department took over and deemed the structure unsafe, Fire Director Armando Roman said.

Engineers ordered the building demolished, but the owner's attorney was able to stay the order, Roman said. The city then ordered the roof and a portion of the brickwork removed as a temporary fix, Roman said.

As work went on last night, traffic on Newark, Summit and Baldwin avenues and other area streets was snarled, officials said.

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Usually when that sort of thing happens it is because of a suspicious package. Were there a lot of police and fire units?

Anyone know? They have several blocks closed.