Concrete dust and smoke spread across the street in the early evening hours, causing passers by to run for their lives as the largest of the three buildings, a 20 story commercial tower called Edificio Liberdade (The Liberty Building), imploded right outside the famous Municipal Theater in downtown Rio.
The 88-year-old Broadway legend and New York icon as much a fixture as the Statue of Liberty, but with a whole lot more to say has made her way slowly into the Chelsea theater where the documentary "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" was premiering Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival.