I'm not really clear on why the turbolift would fall in the first place... Is that a gravity plating thing? I guess gravity plating must work without power?
Also Picard knew it was going to fall... are we to infer he'd rather be pancaked than spend another moment with those kids?
I had my first legal drink at the dukes in this building just before it got torn down. For the record I'm pushing 40 now and they still haven't done anything with it.