It was smoldering afternoon, when at Marc Jacobs women’s shop at Band and West Fourth Streets in Greenwich Village, a part of the store’s ceiling suddenly crumbled at 1:30pm.
Pieces of plaster covered the handbags, scarves and other luxury merchandise. A large light fixture came crashing down with the ceiling, leaving a gaping hole.
Luckily no customers were in the store at the time, the employees said, as they stood on the sidewalk, dusting themselves off and peering in through the arched windows at the wreckage. None of the employees were hurt.
The shop was shut after the accident but costumers continued to come by the store only to see a ‘Temporarily Closed, Sorry for the inconvenience’ sign board at the door.