Rendering of Oliver House
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It has been a while since I have posted something about developer Billy Stein's construction site at 131 Second Place/ 360 Smith Street, but over the week-end, fellow blogger Barbara sent me a new photo of the site. So here it is, another in the series, each photo separated by just a few weeks. It is actually very interesting to see them all together.
When I mentioned to a fellow Carroll Gardener in an e-mail that the recent rains cannot have helped the progress of Stein's "Oliver House," I got this email back:
***Photos Courtesy of Barbara at Carroll Gardens History
It has been a while since I have posted something about developer Billy Stein's construction site at 131 Second Place/ 360 Smith Street, but over the week-end, fellow blogger Barbara sent me a new photo of the site. So here it is, another in the series, each photo separated by just a few weeks. It is actually very interesting to see them all together.
When I mentioned to a fellow Carroll Gardener in an e-mail that the recent rains cannot have helped the progress of Stein's "Oliver House," I got this email back:
Since “build they must,” I hope that either the rain stops forever, so they can get on with it, or that it rains so much that they have to give up and go away. The noise is just awful, and so loud that they all have to yell at each other the whole time in order to be heard. It starts at 7AM and stops again around 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday. They’re drilling some sort of holes at angles, and I can only assume that it has something to do with cantilevering the building over the subway tunnel. I work at home, and I wish this whole mess would finally end. It’s really hard to concentrate when your whole building is vibrating. It’s disgusting.
I just checked Bill Stein's web site for the project on which he promises to provide local residents "with up-to-date status of what is happening at the construction site." This is what I found:
"Steel pipe piles will be installed in the ground along the west side of the site. These piles will be drilled into place using two drilling rigs, thus avoiding the noise and vibration normally associated with pile driving operations. Some truck loads of building materials will arrive at the site from time to time; and some debris will be removed in dumpsters from time to time."
Notice that it stated: "Thus avoiding the noise and vibration normally associated with pile driving." Hmmmm, maybe not!
Another Bird's Eye View Of Stein's 131 Second Place A.K.A. 360 Smith Street Site
Bird's Eye View Of Bill Stein's Oliver House Construction Site
***Photos Courtesy of Barbara at Carroll Gardens History
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1 comment:
Been wondering as I walk by there almost every day - is it legal for construction sites to use city hydrants? They are hooked up to one on 2nd Pl.,, a big hose runs into the site.
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