The Ward Bread Building is a very large structure with facades on Pacific and Dean Streets. The Dean Street side is largely gone now as the photographs show. The more distinguished Pacific Street facade is nearly all intact and although the interior has been cleared out that part of the building largely stands independent of the rest.
The building was recently renovated, in excellent condition and full throughout with an operating business until it was purchased by the developer Boymelgreen after Atlantic Yards was announced. Boymelgreen then turned around and sold it to Forest City Ratner Companies. It has been down-hill for the building since.
Even in the course of demolition work, the Ward Bread Building is supposed to remain safe so that no workers are hurt. That is why the Department of Buildings has asked FCRC's engineering firm to draw up a new demolition plan because the one they were using obviously created unsafe conditions. The cause of the floor collapse may have been a rotted beam as the preliminary inspection suggested. On the other hand, it may also have been caused by unsafe work practices. Presumably the Department of Buildings is looking into that very real possibility.
The Ward Bread Building is a very large structure with facades on Pacific and Dean Streets. The Dean Street side is largely gone now as the photographs show. The more distinguished Pacific Street facade is nearly all intact and although the interior has been cleared out that part of the building largely stands independent of the rest.
The building was recently renovated, in excellent condition and full throughout with an operating business until it was purchased by the developer Boymelgreen after Atlantic Yards was announced. Boymelgreen then turned around and sold it to Forest City Ratner Companies. It has been down-hill for the building since.
Even in the course of demolition work, the Ward Bread Building is supposed to remain safe so that no workers are hurt. That is why the Department of Buildings has asked FCRC's engineering firm to draw up a new demolition plan because the one they were using obviously created unsafe conditions. The cause of the floor collapse may have been a rotted beam as the preliminary inspection suggested. On the other hand, it may also have been caused by unsafe work practices. Presumably the Department of Buildings is looking into that very real possibility.
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