Our senior partner, Jan Pokorny, 94, lives across the street from the "crane" building. His family was evacuated, in a rapid fashion, after the fall of the boom, which crushed the upper corner of the adjacent building, showering his house with bricks and concrete, some of which went through the roof, resulting in considerable water damage to the top floor. The rear yard looks like Dresden the day after.

 

Jan's family was permitted to enter the building yesterday, after receiving a notification from NYC that the damage to their house had been temporarily repaired. I accompanied them to assess damage. Interestingly, taped over the VACATE order previously placed on the door by the city, was a citation from the DOB, informing them that their building was in violation of the building code due to the roof damage, and that they had ten days after the receipt of the violation notice to complete repairs. The notice was taped to the door four days before that were allowed back to their house.

 

While we were standing on the roof of Jan's house, the wind picked up and three bricks fell onto his roof from the adjacent building. it's good to know that the DOB is on the job...

 

 

Twybil