Jeff Bezos Blocks Streets In New York With Giant Crane To Furnish His New $625 Million Triplex

Written by Noel Budeguer

Published on 02/06/2025 at 20:43

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As Amazon Workers Protest, Bezos Sparks Controversy by Closing Streets to Move in $625 Million Furniture with a Construction Crane

Have you ever imagined living in such an exclusive place that entire streets need to be closed to receive your furniture? Well, that’s exactly what Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, did right in the heart of Manhattan. In recent days, images and videos have gone viral on social media showing a giant crane lifting furniture to the top of one of New York’s most expensive buildings. The destination? His new home with a privileged view of Madison Square Park.

A Million-Dollar Operation That Stopped the City

The scene looked like a movie: a large crane blocked part of 5th Avenue to elevate furniture and decorative items to number 212, where Bezos purchased three luxury apartments. The plan is to turn them into a single gigantic penthouse of over 1,500 square meters.

Although everything was authorized by local authorities, the impact was immediate. Traffic had to be rerouted, and pedestrians were forced to change their paths. The operation became a hot topic online, dividing opinions: some were impressed with the logistics, while others criticized the excess.

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The Internet Reacted

On platforms like TikTok, videos of the crane carrying sofas and furniture quickly went viral. In this video, you can see the size of the structure used to transport the furniture to the top of the building.

While some users joked about the situation — “Bezos receives his furniture as if he is assembling a spaceship” — others pointed out the contradiction between the billionaire’s luxury and the working conditions faced by Amazon employees.

How Much Does It All Cost?

According to the American press, the total value of the penthouse could exceed $119 million, considering the merging of the three properties. Renting a crane of this size in Manhattan can cost between US$ 30,000 and US$ 50,000 per day, not including fees, insurance, and technical team.

Bezos, who already owns other properties in New York, seems to be consolidating his permanent residence in this Art Deco tower that, in the past, was home to Metropolitan Life magazine.

The Contrast with Amazon’s Reality

The mega-moving operation occurs at a delicate moment for Amazon. The company has faced constant criticism for its internal policies, cuts in benefits, and price increases in plans like Amazon Prime. Additionally, there are recurring protests for better wages and working conditions, as shown in an article by NBC New York.

In this context, seeing Bezos using a giant crane to move his furniture into a luxury triplex seems, to many, a cruel depiction of economic inequality.

And You, What Did You Think?

Is it excessive to criticize the ostentation of one of the richest men in the world? Or does the contrast with the reality of most people justify the discomfort? Leave your comment below and share this article with anyone who was also impressed by this story of crane, sofas, and million-dollar penthouse.

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Milton Pitzer

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02/06/2025 23:05

Melhor do que perder tempo em criticar milionários é gastar tempo em por em prática uma idéia tão boa que faça a pessoa tão milionária… para ser também criticada.!!.

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Jeff Bezos Blocks Streets In New York With Giant Crane To Furnish His New $625 Million Triplex

As Amazon Workers Protest, Bezos Sparks Controversy by Closing Streets to Move in $625 Million Furniture with a Construction Crane

A Million-Dollar Operation That Stopped the City

The Internet Reacted

How Much Does It All Cost?

The Contrast with Amazon’s Reality

And You, What Did You Think?

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Jeff Bezos Blocks Streets In New York With Giant Crane To Furnish His New $625 Million Triplex

As Amazon Workers Protest, Bezos Sparks Controversy by Closing Streets to Move in $625 Million Furniture with a Construction Crane

A Million-Dollar Operation That Stopped the City

The Internet Reacted

How Much Does It All Cost?

The Contrast with Amazon’s Reality

And You, What Did You Think?

Scientists enter a narrow, flooded cave 500 meters deep and find giant dinosaur footprints on the ceiling measuring up to 1.25 meters, preserved in such a rare way that a new type of trace had to be created.

In Botswana, a salt flat of up to 16,000 km² that was once an African megalake spends months as an absolute white desert, but during the rainy season it transforms into a shallow sea that reappears from nowhere and can be seen from space in the middle of southern Africa.

A giant half-ton ring fell in Kenya from space, and more than a year later, scientists still do not know where it came from.

After two years of internal discussions, Paraguay has finally regulated the law that opens the country to foreign technology and service companies with tax incentives that promise to create thousands of jobs and change the economy.

Map reveals how the Earth may look in 250 million years: continents will reunite in the Last Pangaea, 92% of the planet could become uninhabitable for mammals, and Spain appears among the rare possible exceptions.

About 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland, with houses forming a continuous row and narrow agricultural strips emerging behind them, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

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