Local resident Marguerite Martin was walking her dog Saturday morning when she came upon the startling scene. BUILDING IS ADJACENT TO JOBSITE AT 14 5TH AVE AND SHOWS SIGNS OF MOVEMENT WITH NUMEROUS CRACKS AT NEXT PROPERTY AT 10 5TH AVE.” In an update on Sunday, the agency’s Web site stated: “BUILDING UNDER STRUCTURAL MONITORING. Inspectors are currently assessing the condition of 12 Fifth Ave., which, ominously, according to D.O.B., “shows signs of movement.” found that the building showed “signs of movement.” Ultimately, D.O.B. Its taller neighbor, 12 Fifth Ave., was not immediately - though D.O.B. (Photo by Marguerite Martin) The building at left, 10 Fifth Ave., has been vacated. (Photo by Andy Baum) Neighbors have complained about disruptive construction noise from the 18-story tower project at 14-16 Fifth Ave. A protective side shed has been erected in front of Nos. An overhead view showing two foundation drills and an excavating machine at the 14-16 Fifth Ave. which was not initially evacuated - are being used to add height to the project. In fact, air rights (development rights) from 12 Fifth Ave. noting, “CONSTRUCTION SITE IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ADJACENT PROPERTY AT 10 5TH AVENUE: ADJACENT BUILDINGS – NOT PROTECTED.”Ī 10-story building, 12 Fifth Ave., sits in between the damaged building and the construction site. to the construction project.Ī stop-work order “for all foundation and earthwork operations” has been slapped on the project, with D.O.B. is directly linking the situation at 10 Fifth Ave. But that’s a different story.” A vacate order by the Department of Buildings deemed the premises “imminently perilous to life.” (Photo by Marguerite Martin) “Though on several occasions they have been working outside legal hours - past 6 p.m. “Over all, they seem to be pretty careful at 14 Fifth,” he noted. In fact, the two machines, while resembling pile drivers in appearance, are actually known as foundation drills. The banging we hear happens when the bits are pulled out and they shimmy in order to shed the mud.” The ‘pile drivers’ have screw bits that do the digging. “There are two ‘pile drivers’ on the site at 14 Fifth, as well as an excavator,” he explained. just north of the damaged building - where a new 18-story condo tower is being erected.Īndy Baum, who lives across from the construction site, offered more insight into what’s actually going on there. Going back several months from now, neighbors had been complaining about loud construction noise at the site at 14-16 Fifth Ave. inspector was referring to) - with the gaps looking 2 or 3 inches wide, with nearby other large cracks snaking perilously across the facade. Photos show window lintels at the building’s top right corner having split apart at their middle, where two pieces joined (perhaps the “separation,” the D.O.B. The facade appears to be brown sandstone. It’s landmarked since it’s included within the Greenwich Village Historic District. The damaged building, a handsome property constructed in 1880, has 14 residential apartments and three commercial spaces. ![]() posted that an emergency full-vacate order was in effect, stating: “PREMISES UNSAFE TO OCCUPY DUE TO CRACKS AND SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT SIDE OFTHE 5TH AVENUE FACADE.” The actual vacate order on the building’s front door had been posted the day before. inspector assessed the scene on Saturday. 18: “ requests an inspection due to masonry falling from facade.” While walking her dog, Marguerite Martin found fallen pieces of the facade littering Fifth Ave. ![]() Building Information System’s Web site states that responding firefighters reported the emergency to Buildings around 7:15 a.m. Violators of this commissioner’s vacate order are subject to arrest.”Īn entry on the D.O.B. This premises has been vacated and reentry is prohibited until such conditions have been eliminated to the satisfaction of the department. The Department of Buildings has determined that conditions in this premises are imminently perilous to life. and Eighth Street, reads: “VACATE: Do Not Enter. notice posted on the front door of 10 Fifth Ave., at the northwest corner of Fifth Ave. A second building may also be at risk.Ī D.O.B. 22, 10 p.m.: The Department of Buildings on Saturday ordered the emergency evacuation of a residential building a block north of Washington Square Park after pieces of the facade crashed to the sidewalk and large cracks opened up on part of the exterior.
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