Vacate Order on Washington and Myrtle
212 Ralph Avenue wasn’t the only four-story brick building to be vacated by the Department of Buildings in the last few days: 180 Washington Avenue, at the southwest corner of Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill, was closed up over the weekend account of the “imminently perilous” conditions. The American Red Cross was also nice enough…
212 Ralph Avenue wasn’t the only four-story brick building to be vacated by the Department of Buildings in the last few days: 180 Washington Avenue, at the southwest corner of Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill, was closed up over the weekend account of the “imminently perilous” conditions. The American Red Cross was also nice enough to leave a note for residents who may not have been able to find a couch to sleep on. GMAP
bf, you need to take a course in historical automotive technology.
I know! It’s like with old cars. I mean, there’s no objective reason why you should think my ’93 maxima is going to have any more problems than a 2010 version. Especially after it was owned by a bunch of random people in the interim who may or may not have done any maintenance to it.
I don’t know, the mere fact that it gets mentioned here indicates that DOB doesn’t issue that many vacate orders. That coupled with what can happen as evidenced by the neighboring post would be enough for me to take DOB’s advice and stay away for a few days until it gets straightened out.
DOB engineers could have seen a bulge on the sidewall or perhaps a crack, although this building looks fine to me.
Historic buildings were not engineered or built the way new buildings are. Many recently trained engineers are deeply suspicious of older buildings, as their construction does not conform to modern building codes.
Perhaps that is why they tend to over react when they see problems in old buildings. Even though it is clear that the building in question has stood for over a hundred years, to them it was improperly made, and therefore a disaster waiting to happen.
It is a shame that in a city that is filled with hundred-year-old buildings that city engineers are not required to take a course in historic building technology and historic preservation.
From DOB BIS:
Wall out of plumb, cracks and bulging as far back as June 2009.
Sorry, I’m mixed up. This was not yesterday’s post. That was Pratt Ave 🙁
This is the building from yesterday. Although there is damage to the area around one window and the bricks have fallen away, creating a definite dangerous situation on the sidewalk, this doen’t seem to warrant a Vacate Order.
Yes, I know, the DOB knows better than I do.
wtf? A nice family run wineshop is on the ground floor. I dont recall any work being done at that location. Any more info?
rob, sometimes they are separated. Sometimes thay can go back for things and sometimes they cannot.