New Construction on Franklin Avenue Holding Up Well
From a reader… I lived in a neighborhood with a bunch of terrible landlords, on Franklin Avenue at Willoughby, that never did any work on our building and built crappy buildings all around us these past few years. That’s why we wound up moving. The rest of the tenants in the building have remained, however,…
From a reader…
I lived in a neighborhood with a bunch of terrible landlords, on Franklin Avenue at Willoughby, that never did any work on our building and built crappy buildings all around us these past few years. That’s why we wound up moving. The rest of the tenants in the building have remained, however, and I still hang out there a lot. Last Sunday we were sitting on the stoop when we saw this, located next door to our old building. I’ve been thinking about it every day since, so I had my friend send me some pics. This can’t be safe can it? It’s gonna fall over onto my friend’s building. And this building is maybe five years old. Maybe.
Surprise, surprise. GMAP
Here’s a photo of the building next door that shows the setback.
Check out the downspout, DIBS. Another Brooklyn waterfall. Add that natural wonder to your hike. Not to mention, it’s next to an interesting rock formation and crevice.
The photo showing damage is the left side of the building (around the corner from the downspout. Code wise I thought downspouts were required to be connnected to sewers. That one looks like it ends in space.
Water is definitely getting behind the brick and there may be issues with masonry anchors. A call to 311 should definitely be made.
I get it now. That did help.
East:
The enlarged photo was taken from the front yard of the neighboring building – it’s at a 90-degree angle relative to the image on the left. Hope that helps.
LOL THL (my favorite new acronyms).
“Ok, what is everyone else seeing that I’m not”
Frankly, I don’t see it, either. Maybe it’s just me (and you, heckuva).
Ok, I just got it. Duh.
Ok, what is everyone else seeing that I’m not: the blown up image does not corespond to the image on the left. Yes, the building on the left is set back, but doesn’t the enlarged image depict the other side?
That was funny, Snarkslope.