The police, who had surrounded the building, cut off electrical power.
The building, cut off from surrounding neighborhoods by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, was isolated from nearby amenities, he pointed out, and might not realize its full potential until the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park was built.
On all other mornings the tall buildings cut off the sun.
The main quake damaged buildings, cut off power to tens of thousands, sparked fires, broke water mains, caused gas leaks, sent more than 120 people to a hospital and led Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency.
Likewise, when the building cuts off your 3G access, and payment options for Wi-Fi seem unreasonable, life forces you to look elsewhere for entertainment.
They surrounded the Parliament building and cut off its electricity, marched on the police headquarters and massed in front of the besieged government's temporary offices at the city's secondary airport.
At New York University's Langone Medical Center — where generators were served by underground and vaulted fuel oil tanks required by code to be on the lowest level of the building — floodwater cut off backup electricity and made basic caregiving impossible.
She lets down two long braids, allowing the Harajuku Girls to scale the building and cut off the braids.
Gas or electric service to four buildings was cut off at the request of the city, said Michael Clendenin, a spokesman for Con Edison.
Many people who live near the plant say that while they do not oppose construction on the property, they are concerned about the scale of the project, its effect on population density, its impact on the environment and whether the buildings would cut off access to the river.
In that telling, it is an apartment building that is cut off; residents grow desperate, and cannibalism ensues.
