Collapsed Retaining Wall!
As if all the other issues that have reared their ugly heads in the past year with our renovation haven’t been enough- the retaining wall that is behind our house on Warren St that spans about five courtyards & is owned by the other side at 200 Court St (has a rear yard behind us)…
As if all the other issues that have reared their ugly heads in the past year with our renovation haven’t been enough- the retaining wall that is behind our house on Warren St that spans about five courtyards & is owned by the other side at 200 Court St (has a rear yard behind us) collapsed into our courtyard on Friday, leaving us with what looked like Beirut in bricks and rubble. Worse yet, the guy who owns the building (Tony DiPiazza) wants to rebuild it with a metal fence instead of brick, IS HE KIDDING? I wish, but he has a bad rep with his tenants I have heard, and has violations galore with DOB on that building and frankly I was shocked he even sent someone to clean up the mess. The first rebuilding estimate came in at 15,000. Any suggestions folks? The guy is lucky no one (as in children who play back there, and me being pregant) got hurt. I know masons are spendy, but anything less is better!
The owner isn’t as bad as we thought… he came around and offered to pay for half of the masonry which is way better than the metal fence! I have no idea what changed his mind but it is known (pardon the cliche) that good fences make good neighbors… and a brick wall, forget about it!
less is less
If you can email us a pic of the scene, we’ll post on the front page…that should generate more feedback for you.