Built Environment

Inspections Find Unsafe Balconies Across City

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In response to the tragic death of 24-year-old Connor Donohue in March, the Department of Buildings (DOB) has been conducting city-wide safety reviews of balconies and terraces. Donohue fell from his 24th-floor balcony at 330 East 39th Street when the railing gave way. DOB’s recent investigations at hundreds of buildings have found dangerous conditions across [...]

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Elmhurst Modern

Jamaica Savings Bank Elmhurst Queens

The Elmhurst branch of the former Jamaica Savings Bank is a modern gem that shines across the gray, exhaust-ridden expanse of Queens Boulevard. In its 1967 review of the new building, the New York Times noted that “motorists on Queens Boulevard are doing double-takes as they go through the Elmhurst section near Woodhaven Boulevard,” and [...]

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Goldman Sachs CEO Pays Cash for CPW Pad

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This past weekend activists descended upon the Washington-area homes of Bank of America’s general counsel and a JPMorgan Chase lobbyist to call them out for opposition to financial reform. Should the NYPD be ready to break out the protest pens along Central Park West? They may, when those protesters learn that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd [...]

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AllWaysNY Photomat

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The Gowanus Expressway cuts its way through Brooklyn. Some pretty impressive height for those shoes on the wire.

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Back

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Well, it’s taken a bit longer than planned, but AllWaysNY is back!

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To Everything There is a Season…

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…A time to break down, and a time to build up. This past week it was reported that yet another Bay Ridge religious institution on 4th Avenue is planning to sell its property for new development. The congregation of Bay Ridge Baptist Church at 4th Avenue and 67th Street has decided put its church building [...]

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Move to Modernize City’s Building Inspection Information

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In an effort to prevent the type of building site inspection failures that led to the two tragic deaths in the Deutsche Bank building fire last year, city officials are trying to modernize the way inspection data is stored and shared between agencies. The city is hooking a new $5.5 million IBM computer system into [...]

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