Once the home of the 'Rosemary Room': 250 Smith Street
Something did not seem quite right with the construction at 250 Smith Street from the start.
For one thing, it has been going on forever. Second, the permit issued for a renovation of existing commercial space to a restaurant and bakery on the first floor and an eating and drinking establishment in the basement did not match the scope of work going on behind the plywood fence
Occasionally, when the door was open, one could see that there was a lot of digging going on and a lot of dirt being removed. It also looked as though part of the building's back wall had been removed.
Obviously, others had noticed too, including the Buildings Department.
On January 14, 2009, a D.O.B. inspector responded to a complaint that the work at the site was done without displayed permits.
A violation and stop-work order were issued. The inspector noted:
WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED PLAN. REAR CELLAR EXTENDED. POSSIBLE SECOND STORY TO BE ADDED.
I guess there are still owners and builders out there who think they can add a story to a building without anyone noticing...
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1 comments:
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Nice piece of fear mongering you have here... So what was it behind the plywood fence that scared you the most? Was it "part of the building's back wall had been removed"? much like every other restaurant with an out door space on smith? Or that "there was a lot of digging going on and a lot of dirt being removed" at a construction site? Was it the fact that you didn't have a story or just the unknown?
If you must know that dirt came from the resurrecting of a 14' deep historical brick oven and a smaller one in front that had been filled in and was being brought back to working condition... These are things you would know if you did the slightest bit of research other than looking in a door and making your own story about the happenings within. It wasn't difficult for me to engage one of the workers who was quite willing to explain their plans and findings within this over 140 year old building. Since the original plans from the city did not show these ovens from back in 1865 when uncovered it appeared to be new construction to the inspector and was quickly cleared up.
The matter of the second level had to do with partially covering the back yard (balcony), not a new level on the building.
This information only took me 18 min. to find out and in doing so no one was scared of what lurked behind plywood or lively hoods impacted.
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