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November 19, 2008
Demolition visible at Dean Street row houses (but what about the Construction Update?)
Atlantic Yards Report
Norman Oder reports on fresh demolitions in the footprint of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project:
Since the week beginning September 22, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), in its Atlantic Yards Construction Update, has alerted community members that demolition would begin at 487 Dean Street (block 1128, lot 89) and at 489 Dean Street (block 1128, lot 88), two structurally sound row houses just east of Sixth Avenue, targeted (along with the three houses to the east) to become a staging area for arena construction, should it ever begin, and later a tower, oh, nearly seven times taller, at 272 feet.
While interior demolition work may well have occurred, only this week did demolition become truly visible, with the windows hollowed out of the buildings. It can't be pleasant for the neighbors next door, who are plaintiffs in the pending eminent domain lawsuit.
Oddly enough, the Construction Update sent out November 17 omitted these buildings (see map at bottom).
Posted by lumi at November 19, 2008 6:18 AM