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We were making a beer run pilgrimmage to Greenwood Heights on Saturday when we got an eyeful of the Issac Katan building rising at 162 16th Street. Located between 4th and 5th Avenues, this was supposed to be the “sister” building of 182 15th Street; the 16th Street building was vested (despite what we’ll generously call “aggressive” foundation pouring tactics) while 15th Street vesting was denied by the BSA back in July. In addition to the foundation pouring brouhaha, this bad boy has quite a dodgy history including illegal demolition as well as unpermitted asbestos removal and lead abatement. And what MMG project would be complete without a little worker injury! Let’s see, what else: Stop Work Orders, illegal floor additions, and cracks in the foundation. As far as we can tell, DOB has been at best negligent and at worst complicit in the myriad violations in this case. GMAP


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  1. I guess it’s safe to say that Mr. K paid off the wrong person because it didn’t do him any good at 182 15th.
    How poetic. One scumbag buy’s off another scumbag and neither of them got what they wanted. The 2 of them should spend eternity together.

  2. The only people who are happy about that piece of shit are the ones who have or will profit from it. I Know a certain scumbag who was violently opposed to it until Katan started waving money in his face for a nearby property. He used to put glue in the locks of the site and smashed the windows on the back hoe. Now all of a sudden he loves it and Katan. He used to call Katan “That Fuckin Jew” now he calls him Mr. Katan.
    I guess money means more to some than there souls and conscience.
    So I have to say to all those who are posting the ridicules approvals of this and other similar projects.
    “What was the price for your soul?”