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February 5, 2008
City Records Show Three Years Of 'NYT' Building Debris Complaints
Gawker
In the latest news about developer Bruce Ratner's other signature project in NY:
Everybody knows The New York Times' newly-erected skyscraper home has been plagued by falling glass, ice and vermin. In December, the Department of Buildings dropped by the place to investigate after what we thought was the third time debris was reported to have fallen from the building. Not so! A look at records kept by the Department of Buildings shows that people have been complaining about flotsam and jetsam raining from the Renzo Piano building since construction began in 2005—18 of the 33 complaints on record about the building are related to material flying off of it. Screwdrivers, bolts, steel, glass, i-beams, what have you. There was the time that wet concrete fell on to some NYPD cars below. Oopsies! And the time an entire window fell from the sky onto a car below. Then there's the succinct complaint from July 31, 2007: "Something fell off the building." You don't say? Yikes.
Click here for more, including screen caps of the complaints.
NoLandGrab: If only the New York Times ombudsman had the same responsibilities as the Atlantic Yards ombudsman.
Posted by lumi at February 5, 2008 4:37 AM