Some New York City office towers have found that giant blocks of ice work just as well as air conditioners — and they’re cheaper and environmentally friendly, too. These ice-cooling systems ...

I turn giant blocks of ice into magical wonderlands By . Tim Donnelly. Published Feb. 10, 2017. Updated Feb. 12, 2017, 2:46 p.m. ET. Shintaro Okamoto works on a glistening ice gem.

Giant Block Of Ice Falls On Pennsylvania Man In Erie, Penn., a man removed a 6- by 10-foot chunk of ice from the side of his house. He chipped it off, and it fell on him.

In Erie, Penn., a man removed a 6- by 10-foot chunk of ice from the side of his house. He chipped it off, and it fell on him. Firefighters freed him after chipping away at the ice block.