midtown folks -- what happened at ~39th and 3rd?

sweet tea

around noon today. i was rushing to an appointment, but seemed like several blocks were cordoned off and every emergency vehicle ever was there.

(didn't look like one of those terror drill things, though.)

anybody know?

MOD

Weird, only thing I know of (I haven't watched the news yet) was the GCT Food Fair: 43rd btw Lex and 3rd. But that can't be it.

sweet tea

way too many sirens for that, i think. the whole walk from GCT to 38th and 1st was sirens all the time.

lincolnannex

From the Gothamist NewsMap:

Suspicious Package
3rd Av & E40th St
Manhattan, NY
6/26/2009 12:06 p.m

From my NewsMap:

Capitalist Propaganda being distributed at 3rd Ave & E40 St.
All Hands. 'Must Crush Capitalism'