Tuesday, October 09, 2007

New York Magazine: Latest On Architect Scarano

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I just read Found In Brooklyn written by a fellow Blogger who posted a link to this article in New York Magazine. It will interest anyone who has followed architect Robert Scarano's work in our fair borough.

New York Magazine:
He Built This Borough (Badly): Why one of Brooklyn’s most prominent architects might lose his license.
By S.Jhoanna Robledo

Architect Robert Scarano has helped shape the face of the Brooklyn boom, building dozens of condos in newly valuable neighborhoods. But his prolificacy may have come at a price: His buildings have, to some, become synonymous with shoddy construction. The Department of Buildings just halted work on two residential projects, 205 North 7th Street and 53 Java Street, where a truck tipped over, damaging a house next door. And those are just the latest incidents. Last year, Scarano surrendered his right to self-certify, a process by which architects affirm that their plans meet building codes and zoning laws. (Only one other architect lost self-certification privileges in 2006.)
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