tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1388211523815940741..comments2024-03-29T01:09:48.567-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Reader mailbag: How many wall renovations does one school need?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79960317829677296352015-06-26T15:07:49.835-04:002015-06-26T15:07:49.835-04:002:16. Maybe time to tip some reporters... It seems...2:16. Maybe time to tip some reporters... It seems like another boondoggle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82188961280179718862015-06-26T14:16:48.272-04:002015-06-26T14:16:48.272-04:00I live on this street and find it quite strange th...I live on this street and find it quite strange the amount of public money spent on this property in recent years. Millions was spent on scaffolding about 3 or 4 years ago for "brick pinning" and now they are doing "brick pinning" on the entire building again. No accountability for past work performed if it was unacceptable. They playground next door used to be a bus depot which buried tons of toxic equipment and oil based products which are still venting. For the past few months, I watched the contractor remove the environmental protectant cover, cut off the venting pipes and installed a soccer field. I feel sorry for the kids allowed to play on a toxic waste site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17308805872616377972015-06-26T13:23:26.207-04:002015-06-26T13:23:26.207-04:00Yes, someone can explain it -- the principal of th...Yes, someone can explain it -- the principal of the school. How hard is that to figure out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29138860689173921202015-06-26T10:27:11.788-04:002015-06-26T10:27:11.788-04:00Didn't the NY Post do an expose on this buildi...Didn't the NY Post do an expose on this building a few years ago. They did years and year of renovations with no end in sight. Right after the NY Post article , the scaffolding that had been in place for years came down and the renovations were 'finished"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9498150574854531162015-06-26T09:39:42.531-04:002015-06-26T09:39:42.531-04:00My guess is they made a temporary fix before and a...My guess is they made a temporary fix before and are now going back in to make a more substantial permanent fix. They may have also had to go in now because of the impending construction on that site. I wonder how much space there will be between the new building and the school if any at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54956880914191910252015-06-26T09:33:44.515-04:002015-06-26T09:33:44.515-04:00The idea that it would be cheaper to replace the w...The idea that it would be cheaper to replace the whole school is naive. Just getting plans for a school done and agreed upon would cost more than the cost of wall. Besides, when was the last time the city even built a school? Sadly, this is how government works now. Without vision or money, they can only fix things when they become emergencies. That's the only way things get funded now. We are lucky that we have these beautiful schools from a different era when public works meant making stuff and not fixing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com