Sidewalks of Columbus Ave.?

Developer says this is only the lower level. as stated in the excerpt below from the developer's e-mail to Paul Bunten:

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As a design professional you can surely see that the concrete in your photographs is several feet below both the curb and the entrances to the building. The structure shown in your photographs is not the side walk. It is the building structure below the side walk that has been cleaned off for waterproofing. Once this area has been waterproofed it will be covered with gravel to establish the finished grades and then concrete sidewalks will be poured in accordance with all DOT regulations.

Peter Rosenberg

Director of Construction and Development

Stellar Management

156 William Street

New York, New York 10038

P : 212-843-3568
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E-mail from Paul Bunten:

Subject: New sidewalk at Columbus Ave. / 97th St.

To: Helen Rosenthal, Chairman, MCB7

Andrew Albert, Co-Chairman, Transportation Committee, MCB7

Dan Zweig, Co-Chairman, Transportation Committee, MCB7

Attached are two views along the west side of Columbus Avenue looking north from 97th Street.

As you can readily see, the new sidewalk frontage of 808 Columbus Avenue has been designed in a manifestly hazardous manner.

The sidewalk will have to be redesigned as a smooth gradient and the storefront panels will have to be redesigned to accommodate it.

There are many examples throughout the city of gradient sidewalks that accommodate multiple building entrances. I have never seen a public sidewalk with steps.

Please come up here, take a look, and recommend a course of action.

Sincerely,

Paul S. Bunten

372 Central Park West, 8X

New York, NY 10025

ph@alumni.brown.edu

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