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July 2, 2011
Barclays Center contractors place a mostly uncovered mound of dirt on block 1129 close to homes; there appear to be numerous violations of the Amended Environmental Commitments Memo
Atlantic Yards Watch
Either Frank Gehry has designed his first earth house, or Bruce Ratner is building a giant dirt pile in Prospect Heights.
Barclays Center contractors have created a large stockpile for dirt at the intersection of Dean Street and Carlton Avenue. The mostly uncovered mound is across the street from homes on Dean Street and Carlton Avenue. It has been in place for over a week. The issue was first brought to the attention of this website by an incident report filed Tuesday, June 28th.
It is unclear why this stockpile and the procedure it is associated with are located so close to residences.
The pile appears to violate numerous commitments as detailed in the Amended Environmental Commitments Memo. Dirt was visibly blowing off the pile on Friday, July 1st.
Posted by eric at July 2, 2011 10:17 PM