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April 27, 2007
Soft Focus
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) questions the sincerity of a Forest City Ratner spokesperson:
From the Times regarding the "collapse" of a a 200 foot parapet on the Ward Bakery Building owned by Forest City Ratner:
...“Our focus is on the safety of the community and we are doing everything in our power to maintain it,” [Ratner spokesman] Mr. [Loren] Riegelhaupt said. He said the removal of the [protective sidewalk] shed was necessary to allow access to sewer lines under the sidewalk that the city will require to be blocked before demolition of the building is begun... (emphasis and clarifications added)
Really? If community safety is their focus and they are doing everything in their power, why didn't they replace the sidewalk sheds after the sewer work, and before asbestos abatement started?
Posted by lumi at April 27, 2007 9:00 AM