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Residents from two seventh-floor units at 3725 Blackstone Ave., were told by city buildings officials to stay off their balconies out of fear they could be injured by falling bricks from the structure’s roofline façade.

No surprise to some residents DOB is paying attention

This week was a solemn one in the Surfside community just outside of Miami. Estelle Hedaya was the 98th and final victim of a condominium building collapse last month that still has building officials there puzzled on how it happened. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 8/1/21

A retaining wall along the Henry Hudson Parkway East service road between West 246th and West 250th streets appears to still be crumbling after a storm last October, and just overall age. But who should fix it seems to be a point of controversy between city officials and a neighbor who lives on top of the small cliff — Alan Rosenthal.

Fieldston resident told to fix wall he says isn't his

City officials aren’t afraid to pass the buck, but could they go as far as passing the wall? It seems so, at least according to a Fieldston doctor who says the city’s buildings department has harassed him about a crumbling wall along the Henry Hudson Parkway East service road. The problem? Alan Rosenthal says the wall is not his. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 6/27/21

A century-old home on Sedgwick Avenue is set to be demolished, possibly making room for another apartment building across from the Jerome Park Reservoir.

Century-old Sedgwick Ave home set to be demolished

A house that has towered over Sedgwick Avenue for more than a century is coming down. Permits were filed Wednesday to fully demolish the 3,700-square-foot home at 3377 Sedgwick. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 9/10/20

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