new york — The following buildings in Little Italy will have to be demolished: Partial collapse earlier this week.
historic building, Once home to one of the country’s oldest cheese shopsyou will be defeated.
The New York City Department of Buildings says the building is a danger to the public and requires urgent demolition. That’s because of the collapsed chimney and what the city describes as a situation. Illegal renovation work was being carried out on the first floor..
Inspectors said they discovered work was being done without permits after the wall collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. Footage obtained by CBS New York shows bricks falling outside, knocking down a construction fence and causing bystanders to run.
a A permanent evacuation order was issued on Thursday.a partial eviction order was issued for the adjoining commercial space.
Until last year, the building housed the historic Areva Dairy. That part of Little Italy’s history will soon be reduced to rubble.
“My heart just dropped a few beats,” Areva Dairy owner Karen King said in a statement.