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March 31, 2006
Demolitions continue
461 and 463 Dean Street have been cited by skeptics as examples of Bruce Ratner's over-reaching attempt to demolish properties in order to jump start a construction process that is already two years behind schedule. This step has been taken despite the fact that the project has NOT received final approval; in addition, the developer has never taken any significant measures to safeguard the public from alleged safety threats.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn points out that the townhouses, occupied until less than a year ago and now falling victim to emergency demolitions, have workmen standing on their roofs, despite having been classified as under imminent danger of collapse.
An alert neighbor asks why do the workers need asbestos protection suits and should the neighbors be worried?
The fight to save and reuse old buildings in urban centers under threat of out-of-scale redevelopment is being waged nationwide: AP, Communities Fight 'Tear-Down Phenomenon'
Posted by lumi at March 31, 2006 10:30 AM