Altantic Yards redevelopment halted after rain causes building collapse.The partial collapse of a building scheduled for demolition at the Atlantic Yards The Atlantic Yards is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project of 16 buildings, currently proposed in the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and Park Slope, adjacent to Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York City. has put at least a temporary halt to construction on the site. A 200-foot section of parapet wall at 800 Pacific Street careened from the roof of the five-story building Thursday, raining down debris that littered the sidewalk and damaged nearby parked cars. No one was injured in the accident, which authorities speculated could have been caused by heavy rain in recent days. Work will be halted at the Atlantic Yards until the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Department of Buildings can conduct an investigation of the collapse. As of Friday, it wasn't clear whether the delays could disrupt the timeline for construction at the site, where New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. developer, Forest City Ratner, has begun construction of a multimillion square feet mixed-use development Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses. that had drawn heavy local opposition. "The Empire State Development Corporation and developer Forest City Ratner have agreed that the developer will temporarily suspend all abatement and demolition activities until the City's Department of Buildings concludes its preliminary investigation or the City directs us otherwise," an ESDC ESDC Empire State Development Corporation ESDC Extra Segment Descriptor Cache ESDC Extremal Self-Dual Code statement said. "This doesn't raise any concerns about the construction timeline," said Errol Cockfield, an ESDC spokesman. On Friday, the remaining parapet walls at 800 Pacific Street were demolished under the monitoring of Buildings Department engineers. An inspection by the Buildings Department after the accident found that the building's east and west parapet walls were leaning and in danger of also collapsing and a neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. building at 768-772 Pacific Street had to be vacated as a safety precaution. The Red Cross relocated its over 75 residents to the Atlantic Terminal Senior Center. 800 Pacific Street was unoccupied at the time of the accident and wasn't yet being demolished but workers were in the building doing asbestos abatement Noun 1. asbestos abatement - the removal of asbestos from a public building abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement - (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance . Forest City Ratner was slapped with a violation for failing to maintain the building's exterior wall. A statement from the Buildings Department said that: "In the coming days, the Buildings Department will be meeting with the developer's engineers to review demolition plans for the Atlantic Yards sites to ensure safe means and methods are employed." |
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