Friday, September 4, 2015

Life next to 98-100 Avenue A



After our post yesterday about the progress at Ben Shaoul's new building at 98-100 Avenue A, a reader who lives overlooking the site between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street shared some photos from this angle...



The reader, who often works from home, says that the years-long demolition and subsequent construction "has been hell."

Cracks in my walls, ceiling, etc., and the lovely noise from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday. I only have one window to see out of for the air conditioner as I put 3-inch foam in the others.

Updated 11:42 a.m.

Another neighbor shared another view...




10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I feel for the neighbors. I feel vibrations from this and hear it mid-block on the south side of E 6th btw A and B; can't even imagine how bad it must be to be right there.

As much as I hate this new building and the fact that they tore down a great grocery store for it, at this point I'm just happy to see it going up fast, so that we all don't have to deal with construction for much longer.

Anonymous said...

But think of the lovely view the reader will have of the bros setting their terraces on fire.

Anonymous said...

I empathize, 3 construction site all within 150 feet of my home just wrapped up nearly 3 years of on and off again construction. It's not done yet, with bigger projects on 12th and Ave A and 14th btw A-B starting up, sign...

Anonymous said...

A friend of mine just sold his Condo in Chelsea for a loss because of the constant construction that has been going on all around them for the entire three years he has lived there. He and his dogs were developing all kinds of health issues because of the noise, vibration, dust, and pollution.

I can't imagine what the reader goes through, as I was losing my mind after three days of demo work in an apartment on the floor below me (I also work from home).

It's a real problem that the developers (all of whom live in Westchester, Nassau, New Jersey, or overseas) just ignore as negative externalities.

Anonymous said...

The local politicos need to contact DOB and tell them not to issue so many after hours permits. The construction must be hell but they shoudl at least have their weekends to relax.

Joe said...

I also live on 6th down the block. This site has had Saturday after hours permits approved pretty much every week of the past year. What a headache.

Anonymous said...

Shaoul is notorious for his unethical building practices. "What? I can't add three stories to this building? Okay, let's add three stories to this building." The DOB is so beyond incompetent that it points to just plain ole corruption.

Anonymous said...

When all is said and done, this is going to be a beautiful building. Just you wait till 2016.

LPIFLY said...

I can assure you after years of my own hell on a 'Shaoul Reno' block of 3, maybe, 4 years, nothing changed until a worker finally was fined for welding without street protection. Isn't this a historic block? does that change anything?

Gojira said...

LPIFLY, it changes nothing, sorry to say. I'm in the process of attempting to work with the LPC, CB3, the EVCC and the DOB to get a new roof-size party deck illegally installed by Icon on a landmark building on a landmark block removed; after 3 1/2 months, I finally heard that Icon can apply for an exemption to the landmarking and keep the deck, which begs the question of, why do we even have an LPC in the first place, if their decisions can so easily be contravened? (Oh and for those who might be wondering, I tried contacting Rosie's office as well; naturally, they were the only ones who didn't even bother to respond.)