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November 6, 2007
Problem at Ratner-Owned Building
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ran a one paragraph item on the problems at 540 Vanderbilt:
A four-story rental building owned by Forest City Ratner, 540 Vanderbilt Ave., was evacuated Thursday after part of the top of the façade began falling off. A spokesman for the giant realty firm, which is planning to build its Atlantic Yards development nearby, said the residents were moved to a hotel, but will return when the damage is remedied. Online critics of Atlantic Yards noted that the building is near the old Ward Bakery Building, a vacant Ratner-owned building where a section of the parapet collapsed earlier this year.
Photo, Tracy Collins, via flickr
Posted by lumi at November 6, 2007 5:49 AM