Sketchiness Continues at Greene and Grand
We stopped by one of our least favorite developments at the moment, the beauty going up on Greene Avenue just East of Grand. You may remember that this is the place that the received a Stop Work order back in January for “compromising” the wall of the adjacent building. We don’t claim to be construction…
We stopped by one of our least favorite developments at the moment, the beauty going up on Greene Avenue just East of Grand. You may remember that this is the place that the received a Stop Work order back in January for “compromising” the wall of the adjacent building. We don’t claim to be construction experts, but something about this wall does not inspire confidence. Can any builders or architects comment on whether this patchwork construction is in of itself shoddy or dangerous? More pics on the jump.
Another Small Developer Cutting Corners [Brownstoner]
i LIVE in one of those 100+ year old tenement buildings. It’s still standing, it’s beautiful, high ceilings, with huge bay windows, and the walls are 1ft thick. when i look at new ‘luxury condos’, i’m horrified by the lack of quality, low ceilings, thin walls, and the high price. it’s incredible that people can get hypnotized into buying one.
i recently bought near here and htis building is my worst nightmare. i’ll call the DOB, anonymously or not, but feel it won’t do any good. has anyone done this before and have advice on how to get someone’s ear??
Anon at 12:38-
I guess we’ll have to wait a hundred years to see. All I know is that they were build with study materials as evidenced by the fact they are still standing.
At what point would I feel a civic duty to call the DOB? If I lived near this thing, I’d definitely call. It’s hazardous for the workers now and potentially, for both the neighbors and future tenants. I’d feel pretty bad if I heard 10 years from now that someone got hurt by a falling brick facade due to the continued shift in the building.
that was fast…they were just doing foundations.
My favorite touch: the contractor has actually MOVED some of the air conditioners from below the window to the upper wall. So it will be even uglier from the inside!
building standards sure have changed!
Probably better I’d say since many of those tenements are still around after more than 100 years.
I’m sure the 19th century tenements built in the Lower East Side were the Fedders buildings of their day. Were even cheap tenements built more than 100 years ago for poor immigrant renters better constructed than what passes for “luxury” (cough, cough) condos today?