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April 28, 2007
Atlantic Yards work stops, for now, after parapet falls
AP via AMNY
Work will stop while city buildings officials investigate why a 200-foot hunk of the parapet atop a five-story building came loose and plunged onto a sidewalk, according to the developer, Forest City Ratner, and the Empire State Development Corp., a state agency that approved the giant Brooklyn project, called Atlantic Yards."We recognize the need for the Atlantic Yards project to continue to progress safely without causing disorder in the lives of residents of the surrounding neighborhoods," the development agency said Friday.
No one was hurt when the parapet section fell off the former Ward Bread Bakery building on Thursday. But about 350 people at a homeless shelter next door were temporarily evacuated, and several parked cars were damaged.
Posted by amy at April 28, 2007 12:01 PM