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Not only are the corner buildings gone, but the abutters are well scorched.
ReplyDeleteWhat a spectacular loss. Still hard to believe. I wonder about the future of that block and what it will bring for the neighborhood. Have nothing to base this on but I feel like the disaster could be a watershed type event, maybe not culturally but in terms of real estate and future development.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen any comments about the owner and workers of Sam's Deli. Does anyone know if they are all okay?
ReplyDeleteNo doubt a bro-dominium with a beer pong garden and Axe body spray salon on the ground floor.
ReplyDeleteThe City made no arrangements for those of us, who lost everything in that destruction to recover what personal possessions survived. I lived in 119 Second Avenue (aka 45 East 7 Street), and it is obvious that much of the structure didn't burn. The City should have kept the rubble at another location where it could later be sifted through for property items that could be set aside. We're tired of hearing that nothing of value was found. I don't belive that computers and hard drives, which many of us depended on for our work, could not be recognized and separated from the debris. Sure, it would take time and patience and it would be a tough job. But we, the victims of this atrocity, should have been given consideration....
ReplyDeleteWow... I actually thought the city would at least try to separate anything that may have survived this destruction.
ReplyDeleteEven something as little as a fridge magnet or even a piece of a burned photo would mean the world to someone who was left with literally the clothes on their backs
I saw interviews with the owners of Sam's Deli and King's Copies - the Sam's Deli guy (Roop Bring) said he has to talk to the insurance company but is overwhelmed by trying to figure out the amounts of all that was lost. He said it was family business and his sons worked there as well. I guess Roop bought the store in 2002 from someone who started the Deli, and kept the name "Sam", he said Sam stood for "Uncle Sam".
ReplyDeleteThe King's Copy guy (Tarun Kundu) was very sad and said he was in the store when the fire started and had to watch it burn from the street and then he gave a couple interviews and said there was nothing he could do so he was going to walk to the subway and go home to Brooklyn.
Haven't heard anything about that little Chinese Therapy shop that was there on the side or from the people at E-Nails.
This is sad on top of sad, not sifting through the rubble for a small memory. I as many others would volunteer for this.
ReplyDeleteIt's time to see if the Mayor is true to his word, this lot is in the heart of the neighborhood. Housing for true NY'ers with small business is what is needed. It's time to take to the streets we have now seen what greed brings. I'll make the signs!
It is inhuman beyond belief that no effort was made to help people recover whatever they might have been able to recover. There is no sane reason for this policy, and it needs to be seriously reconsidered by NYC/FDNY/NYPD.
ReplyDeleteI remember a building on the LES years ago (Giuliani's reign) where the building was declared "unsafe" and then demolished without ANY attempt to allow the residents to remove any belongings or even their PETS. This seemed to me at the time exactly as mean-spirited and draconian as Giuliani himself was.
My heart goes out to all who have been victimized AGAIN now by this policy.
New York City has become a very cruel city. Starting with the 2 Giuliani administrations and then the 3 scumbag Bloomberg administrations. It bears no resemblance to the caring, decent city it was prior to these 5 administrations. Yes, I'm UW and I approve his message....and I feel very sad. I'm making plans to get out of here. I can not stand any further destruction. NEVER thought it would come to this.
ReplyDeleteWalter, NYC was caring and decent? Seriously? NYC was never caring nor decent.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any new pictures of the demolition site? The most recent ones are two days old now.
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