Ward's Bakery Parapet Collapses As Demo Starts
ABC News is reporting that at 9:45 a.m. this morning a portion of Ward’s Bakery collapsed onto Pacific Street as Forest City Ratner’s demolition of the historic structure got underway; the parapet (the edge along the roofline) fell onto a portion of the sidewalk that had already been cordoned off, so nobody was hurt. (Curbed…
ABC News is reporting that at 9:45 a.m. this morning a portion of Ward’s Bakery collapsed onto Pacific Street as Forest City Ratner’s demolition of the historic structure got underway; the parapet (the edge along the roofline) fell onto a portion of the sidewalk that had already been cordoned off, so nobody was hurt. (Curbed has a good photo from a neighboring building.) Concerned about the stability of the structure, city officials are evacuating the residents at 800 Pacific Street. ABC News estimates that up to 350 people could be displaced. Can you say “Bad Karma,” Bruce?
Section of Building Under Demolition Crashes onto Street [ABC News]
DDDB up to their old tricks again! Sabotaging a construction site to further your own selfish political gains? You guys are despicable!
Someone just tell me how do I get season tickets? When’s tip off?!!?
Fine FCR a $135 million so they can build the new arts library by BAM.
It would really be helpful if DOB socked it to Ratner. So high profile – make him an example and deter more rampant construction abuse and endangerment of NYC residents.
This clearly shows that this building is blighted and needs to be demolished. I’m glad that Ratner is moving forward with removing these derelict buildings.
I agree with poster at 5:20pm. Why does FCR have no responsibility for public safety? I wonder if this warrants more legal action. Current residents of Prospect Heights are entitled to be able to safely inhabit their homes while his supposedly approved construction/demolition/whatever is going on. Any attorneys on here who can tell us if these homeowners’ rights can be enforced somehow?
For a number of years there was a sidewalk shed along the Pacific St side of the building. FCR ripped it down, got a permit to replace it, and then — whoops — didn’t get round to building the new one before this accident occurred.
You should also know that the asbestos abatement going on at other FCR owned builidings in the footprint is being carried out without any concern for the public. I walked along Pacific St to the Atlantic Ave subway this morning only to realize that asbestos work was happening on the roof of the one-story “Tasty Provision” building (nr the corner of 5th Ave). The sidewalk wasn’t closed off; there was no worker there to warn people; I saw no signs alerting the public of what was going on just feet away from us.
The Atlantic Yards EIS promised that the ESDC would appoint an independent enviromental monitor for the project. But no one is aware that such a person exists or, if they do, how they can be contacted.
Those were some huge chunks of brick that fell. Check out the following links:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_collins/473730245/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_collins/473750932/
Could have easily crushed several passerbys. I’m glad no one was hurt.
The broken angel catches fire and the DOB uses roughshod handcuffs to haul Arthur Woods, a 70-year old man, off to jail.
Where are the necessary scaffolding for the Ward Bakery demolition. Work was begun, correct? Where are the scaffolding.
As usual, the Bruce will skate by undeterred and callously indifferent to the health and safety violations heaped upon the residents of this community.
Didn’t the construction fencing at Flatbush and Atlantic blow down and fall apart several months ago? And we expect this developer to bring quality construction to Brooklyn?
oversight? who mentioned oversight. We know enough by now that it will probably take 10 or more innocent pedestrians becoming seriously injured or dying before the city or state utters the slightest reproof against FCR. Remember this is a sweatheart deal. The judges probably have all been bought. Enough said. It’s probably best for everyone to stay away from this site for the next 10-20 years.