![]() ![]() ![]() The previous November-they didn’t stay long. Told me that the owners have ”been given a lot of violations.”įew weeks later, she told me that the Buildings Department has “no authority toĪlthough the workmen returned the very next day-after being absent since In January 2010, a community liaison for the Department of Buildings “Usually the problem is that the building owner doesn't know what he's The landlord, afraid to withhold the rent, woefully without recourse. Isn’t there a schedule for theseĭeadline? Who’s benefitting? Surely not the tenants-afraid to antagonize We know that platforms sprout up all over the city-but for weeks īeen born in this time, and neighbors buried.Įarthquakes and blizzards have done their jobs and left. Realtor and two real-estate lawyers, it’s legal to renew a platform. And as they strut around out there, mere feetįrom us at our computers and stoves, they do, yes they do, look in.Īccording to our brusque young managing agent, to Tina Somebody in ourĬouncilwoman’s office, to a lawyer in Mike Bloomberg’s bullpen, to a Corcoran They shout down to a guy in a truck, up to aĪnd toss their empty coffee cups to the scaffold floor. Platform before us continues to serve as repository for their tools and debris. The point anyway since dust still fills the air?Ĭurrently seem to be doing something at the rear of the building. Washed in five years because 1) we can’t get out on the platform and 2) what’s Nor could we anyway, since our windows haven’t been Need an umbrella?) or the sidewalk below (so we may toss a key to our husband, Most obvious victims, but others in the building are demoralized, too.)īecause of the fence that imprisons us, we cannot see the street (do we Its nasty fence has defaced our building and diminished our outlook, in every For five years, this filthy platform with Yelled a thug into the phone, before slamming it down. Next, I called the contractor's office-anonymously,įrom one of the last remaining phone booths in New York-to ask when the job Did an inspector ever come? Nobody told me.) Me to file a complaint, after which, she said, an inspector would be sent I called 311 and was at last connected to Jennifer Somebody in the Of “fire laws” I was told), we were vulnerable to any creep who might want toĬlimb aboard our wooden deck-where he’d be perfectly concealed from view-and With no barbed wire atop the fence (because Introduced to a new form of urban claustrophobia.Īway went all of our view, as well as our privacy and our security. Since our apartment is on the corner, we were now entirely engirdled-and In May 2009, additional planking went up on the avenue side of theīuilding. Of the pointing must have been done, since they scraped at something once in a And when they did, they were eye-level to our apartment, where I work. And what of the workers? What workers? They rarely showed up. ![]() Scaffold (aka platform, shed, or bridge) would be the staging area. In came the bricks and shovels, pipes and tarps, buckets andīrooms-deposited right outside the windows of our apartment. Litigation by pedestrians, tenants were told only that the situation wouldīe fixed and "pointing" done to the facade. Whether it went up to protect pedestrians or the landlord from Side of the building at the second floor, where all such structures seem to Something fell from on high to the sidewalk (causing no injury, as far as I know), a scaffold and high wood fence immediately went up on one Occupies a corner on the Upper West Side. And from specialist equipment for industry, infra and events to ECO-label machines and construction site tools.We live on the second floor of a gracious pre-war rental building that From complete equipment management and construction materials for large construction companies to machine rental for independent contractors and tool rental for private individuals. In our range of 800,000 rental items, you will find the right rental equipment for a variety of applications, environments, industries, and sectors. Thanks to our many years of experience, flexible service, reliability, and well-maintained and certified equipment, we turn every challenge into a successful project. We understand our customers and give them professional advice on which solutions, machines and materials are best suited for their projects. Hands-on and willing to go the extra mile - that's what characterizes the Boels mentality.Īt Boels, the customer really comes first. We are one of Europe's largest specialists in construction equipment rental and tool & machine hire. Whatever your challenge, Boels has the equipment, service, and experience to make your project a success. Boels – Rental specialist in tools & machines ![]()
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