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June 30, 2006
Bad Form: Unpacific on Pacific
It's becoming positively de rigeur on Pacific Street to demolish old buildings, in whole or in part, under the guise of safety. First, there was Bruce Ratner's backhoe incident at Number 620 and 622; now Number 402 is in the process of being torn down by owner Issa Moneer. Supposedly, Moneer received a big thumbs up from the DOB to destroy portions of the landmarked building but neighbors allege the contractor has been proceeding in an irresponsible manner: No masks, no netting, and no bracing of building to protect the public. In addition, they contend, the contractor has been parking on the sidewalk, failing to hose down the demolition work and being generally rude. In addition, there's been a great deal of contention about whether the buildings actually posed a safety hazard in the first place and some fear it's just a trojan horse to enable him to ultimately tear the whole building down. Yesterday, DOB issued a stop work order (#62906C0201DP) and Moneer was heard uttering as he walked off the site, "That's alright, I'll be back in an hour." Sure enough, at 5 pm the stop work order was taken down and the "removal of stop work order" was posted on the building. Just minutes ago, a new crew of workers began assembling a scaffolding.
Brownstone Brouhaha [NY Daily News] GMAP
Comments
Wondering why the building was condemned to begin with? The demolition is even more stunning in person.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 30, 2006 10:53 AM
Couple facts wrong. 620 and 622 were not brownstones but garage and factory bldg.
402 is Boerum Hill (not Prospect Hts)on landmark block.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 30, 2006 10:54 AM
why demo (or maybe part demo ) on 402?
ECB Violations
Date Description
5/16/2005 Failure to maintain exterior building walls. note. at rear of building are vertical and horizontal cracks approx. 1/2"wide at various locatio ns from grade to 3rd story and bulging tremendously. also in front
Posted by: Anonymous at June 30, 2006 10:56 AM
He's turning the brownstone into condo's. I spoke with him a few months ago inquiring about the project. The man was a jerk!
Posted by: Robert at June 30, 2006 12:48 PM
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