The ILA building was sold and is currently being demolished. Now the project was done (as usual) without asking the community at large. The problem is that not only is a building exceding 10 stories being built, but the developers are crooked people.
Evidence:
It is typical in buildings as old as the ILA that there is asbestos used as an insulator in the walls and celings of the building. The fiber was a common insulator in the early to mid-1900s (the time this building was built). Now asbestos fibers have been proven to cause major health problems and affect your lungs if ingested. People complained to the city about this problem because they were sending asbestos particles into the air of a residental area. People waited but nothing was done, until about a couple weeks after the building was completely dismantled. The city decided then (having left enough time for the asbestos particles to carry throughout the Court Street area and beyond) to test the air above the building. To no ones suprise there were "no asbestos particles found." Of course there would be no asbestos found after it thinned out and spread out!!! Now here's the kicker, if there was no asbestos particles found explain why late in the evening (past midnight) there were people decked out in white full body coverings and gas masks carrying black garbage bags by the dozen and leaving the building premisise for several nights. Now I don't believe that this was bring your asbestos suit to work day... do you?
P.S.
When developers want to build a large property in an area like Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill, they overshoot the height and number of stories. That way when the government kicks it down by five or six they had what they wanted in the first place.
The ILA building was sold and is currently being demolished. Now the project was done (as usual) without asking the community at large. The problem is that not only is a building exceding 10 stories being built, but the developers are crooked people.
Evidence:
It is typical in buildings as old as the ILA that there is asbestos used as an insulator in the walls and celings of the building. The fiber was a common insulator in the early to mid-1900s (the time this building was built). Now asbestos fibers have been proven to cause major health problems and affect your lungs if ingested. People complained to the city about this problem because they were sending asbestos particles into the air of a residental area. People waited but nothing was done, until about a couple weeks after the building was completely dismantled. The city decided then (having left enough time for the asbestos particles to carry throughout the Court Street area and beyond) to test the air above the building. To no ones suprise there were "no asbestos particles found." Of course there would be no asbestos found after it thinned out and spread out!!! Now here's the kicker, if there was no asbestos particles found explain why late in the evening (past midnight) there were people decked out in white full body coverings and gas masks carrying black garbage bags by the dozen and leaving the building premisise for several nights. Now I don't believe that this was bring your asbestos suit to work day... do you?
P.S.
When developers want to build a large property in an area like Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill, they overshoot the height and number of stories. That way when the government kicks it down by five or six they had what they wanted in the first place.
Posted by: brooklyn_is_going_to_the_dogs at June 25, 2008 8:54 PM in response to LICH Sales: Real Estate Roguery, or Cure for What Ails?