Bubble Wrap: May 2007
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City Got Stonewalled
From the New York Post, Apt. Bosses ‘Knew Collapse Was Near’
The collapse of a massive stone wall on the Henry Hudson Parkway two years ago could have been prevented if the property owner’s engineers had alerted the city to the danger and done more than try to tie the structure to a tree, a scathing city report has found.
A nearly two-year probe of the collapse at Castle Village in Washington Heights determined that the managers of the apartment complex and an engineering firm brought in to examine the wall knew the structure was at imminent risk of falling.
Pier 40 plan runs into wall of opposition
From Crane’s New York Business
A proposal by The Related Cos. to develop Pier 40 ran into stiff opposition at a public hearing held by the Hudson River Park Trust on Thursday night.
The hearing drew about 1,500 people to P.S. 41 on Thursday night, witnesses say. The crowd, rallied by a coalition of parents and community leaders who are against Related’s plans, spilled out of the school’s auditorium and into the street for the meeting, which started at 7 p.m. and continued past 10 p.m.
