[URBAN NOTE] "Falling glass shut down Bay St. for second day in a row"

[rfmcdonald]

The Toronto Star's Alina Bykova and Emma McIntosh report on Bay Street's problem with falling glass.

Glass fell from the Sick Kids Centre for Research and Learning for the second day in a row on Thursday morning.

Bay St. was closed between Elm St. and Walton St. around 5:30 a.m. when the glass fell from a window on the fifth floor of the building.

Cpt. David Eckerman from Toronto Fire Services said that it fell from about 50 feet up.

The road was closed for nearly two hours, causing traffic and TTC routes to divert as police investigated and cleaned up the scene.

Falling glass is a frequent issue in the downtown core.

It was the subject of two $20-million class-action lawsuits in 2012, when shattered glass incidents prompted developers at Murano Towers on Grosvenor St. and Festival Tower on John St. to seal residents’ balconies.