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Sep 4, 2007 7:00 pm US/Eastern

Pipe Bomb Explodes Outside NYC Apartment Building

Former 'Sopranos' Star Owns Studio In Affected Building

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by Tamsen Fadal
NEW YORK (CBS) ― A small explosive device -- that has been described to CBS 2 News as a pipe bomb -- detonated in front of an acting studio and apartment building in midtown Manhattan early Tuesday morning, causing damage to a van parked outside and forcing the evacuation of residents.

Incredibly, the building and the studio, named "Studio Dante," located at West 29th Street and 8th Avenue, sustained no damaged after the device blew up at about 1:30 a.m., police said. No one was injured in the blast.

"It scared the hell out of me," said Patrice Duffy, who lives in a four-story building across the street. "[I heard[ a huge explosion. It shook our building. It shook our bed."

CBS 2 News has learned that "Sopranos" actor Michael Imperoli owns the building. The NYPD said they did not know whether there was any connection to the incident and the actor, who owns Studio Dante. Imperioli and his wife Victoria visited the studio later Tuesday morning and appeared a bit shaken up by the mess.

Imperioli played Christopher Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, on the popular HBO television show.

"We heard a big bang and my girlfriend described it as a big cannon going off," said Glenn Flamingo, who was staying at a hotel across the street. "It's just weird. I don't think it was any revenge or anything like that, I personally think someone was testing their bomb to see if they could create it correctly."

No other devices were found and authorities do not believe it was terrorism

"[I heard a] very, very loud bang…it wasn't like a cherry bomb; it was something metallic -- almost like a pipe bomb or something," one witness told CBS 2.

The bomb squad was investigating what kind of explosive was used and why it was detonated in front of the building.

Imperioli's Studio Dante is described on its Web site as "an unexpected jewel-box that was built to house progressive new plays." He created it with his wife, Victoria.

Stay with CBS 2 News and wcbstv.com for the latest on this developing story.

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