Thursday, February 18, 2010

Is the McSam hotel getting taller on Fourth Avenue?

Real-estate blogger Andrew Fine has been keeping a watchful eye on the McSam hotel seemingly stalled at Fourth Avenue and 13th Street... (It's the 11-story, 162-unit hotel brought to you and me by Sam Chang.) When I walked by the other day, I noticed something that I couldn't recall seeing before on the roof....





What is that, exactly? An observation tower to see if anyone from the DOB is coming for an inspection -- given the complaints from neighbors about the hotel being too tall? .... Despite the partial stop-work order, someone called the DOB four times in January saying that work continues....

Previously on EV Grieve:
Is Sam Chang's Fourth Avenue hotel too tall?
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    It could be a water tower enclosure?

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  2. UnknownFebruary 18, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    Most of that little tower has been up top there since June 2009.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    live in the area and don't believe much has changed in awhile...

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