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April 26, 2007
Ward's Bakery Parapet Collapses As Demo Starts
Overheard in Brownstoner, Eyewitness Commentary from "NeoGrec":
I witnessed the aftermath -- thank goodness no one was walking past the building when this happened. They would surely be a goner. The chunks of masonry were huge. All the residents of the adjacent homeless shelter were evacuated. Women with babies in arms and many young children could be seen standing around on Dean St. I hope the city will find somewhere for those families to go. Especially since there have already been complaints by residents of Dean St that the asbetos abatement going on at the Ward Bakery is being done in a very sloppy way. Not a great enviroment for young kids. Meanwhile, Forest City Ratner will no doubt get over their embarrassment pretty quickly. This could help them in the eminent domain lawsuit since their defense is based on proving that the buildings are "blighted". Yeh, looks they did a great job of blighting this one! Also overheard someone say it was very unusual for such a long stretch of cornice to collapse like that. "Usually they fall off in smaller chunks" was his comment. Hmmm.
Posted by lumi at April 26, 2007 12:37 PM