An official from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection
[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] tells us that an old sewer
pipe is to blame for Wednesday afternoon’s cave-in on 12th Street
[/blog/news/sinkhole-opens-up-on-12th-street] between 4th and 5th Ave.
The 30″ pipe, which the