Gothamist: Famous, Decrepit Building Must Be Repaired

BoerumHillJo

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:38:42 -0500

Masako Yamagata has owned the building since 1986. The Manhattan on 86th Street and Second Avenue, dating from 1880, is considered the oldest large apartment building in the borough.

Spiritof76

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:20:07 -0500

How long does it take to fix problems? Certainly not 30 years. Even if you just maintain the same decrepit condition you bought it in, 30 years is too long. You bought it, you fix it, plain and simple. It's not like they didn't know the building's condition before they bought it.

ANGRYGOD11

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:49:26 -0500

Should the courts force anyone to maintain a neglected building that's over 100 years old? Unless the current owners held the building's title for the last 30 years, they cannot be responsible for all the long term neglect.

Spiritof76

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:34:45 -0500

The owners haven't done anything and the judge is trusting them to follow the order? By the time she finds them in contempt, the building may have fallen down. Who's to say they won't hire substandard contractors anyway? I would have set the penalty during the verdict at immediate forteiture of the building. If building owners won't fix up a structure, then the city should give it to somebody who will.

sonyactivision

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:48:11 -0500

Just keep Bloomberg away from it...it'll never get redeveloped.

nik13

Sat, 10 May 2008 18:45:30 -0500

That building reeks of wet contagious mold. Unbelievable that 5 people lived there until last year.

edEx

Sat, 10 May 2008 13:37:54 -0500

#3 well if it does burn, we know which IP address to give to the NYPD.

JacqueMehoff

Sat, 10 May 2008 13:14:08 -0500

Isn't this place haunted? Not that I believe in that stuff because if that were true, all of the city would be haunted.

wowthatsucks

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:45:23 -0500

Nothing a good fire can't fix.

Snoopy

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:25:12 -0500

What's the oldest apartment building?

virgil

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:47:44 -0500

I hope Steve McQueen is a famous former tenant. He was very cool, but I'd hate to run into him in the laundry room now.