NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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Property Resources Corporation
A Member of the PRC Group
May 16, 2002
Mr. R. Radliakrishnan, P.E.
Director, Asbestos Control Program
Department of Environmental
59-17 Junction Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11373-5108
Re: 80 Gold Street, 55 Fulton Street/Foot Locker/Southbridge Towers
Dear Mr. Radhakrishnan:
This is in reply to your letter dated May 3, 2002 regarding Southbridge Towers
After review of your letter and discussion with Penny of your office we understand you
propose exterior cleaning of the 55 Fulton Street building only.
assessment.
Please be advised the Board of Directors and staff strongly disagree with your
Fulton/Footlocker
Southbridge Towers consists of nine residential buildings in addition to the 55
building.
spandrel
You should be aware of the building construction, which consists of concrete
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beams at each floor level, which form a small ledge with the exterior brickwork.
terraces located throughout all of the
small horizontal ledge together with the exterior
the tragic events of
building facades were laden with dust and debris accumulation after
September 11`h. The engineering fine Feld Kaminetzky & Cohen (FKC) after structural
review of the buildings recommended cleaning of the facades.
presence
We are also in possession of testing of a particular terrace, which indicates the
of asbestos; we can review this test result with your staff.
will result
We are respectfully requesting reconsideration together we new surveys which
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in cleaning of all the residential buildings at Southbridge Towers to ensure the safety
all our residents.
Sincerely, 7
Martin Pestreich, P.E.
PRC Management
Nineteen East 82nd Street
New York, New York 10028
voice: (212) 734-9191 internet ww prcqy:com
fax (212) 737-3989
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