Re: Goldstein Building Implosion - NO NOTIFICATION-Eating crow

[Jim Creamer]

Check that. After I spoke to George Bachrach this afternoon, he avers there was no implosion and no hazardous materials, all glass was removed as well as the asbestos well before the demoltion of the former Goldstein property and the demolition was above board and beyond the scope of what was required. I said to Mr. Bachrach I would apologize and having known him a lot longer than Coleen Salmon, I tend tothinke he's probably right.  I do hereby apologize and retract my statement.  He stated he would never trade his good will to further profit himself.  I stuck my foot in it and don't know what came over me. Perhaps it was the lack of anyone getting exited about the issue, or so it would appear based on the lack of anything about it in my email inbox. 

 

Actually I do know what came over me. It was a sudden flareup of my gradually worsening case of cynicism which leads me to believe that this neighborhood will not be a place I want to retire in after spending almost 30 years here with my wife and kids and grandchildren, god help them.

 

Perhaps after spending three years on the Allston Harvard Strategic Plan only to see its recommendations pretty much dismissed, and after all that work and effort, then being passed over for membership to the Harvard  task force, I'm still a little sensitive.   I could  be cured by Harvard's agreement to tone down its height and density requirements to a more human and neighborly level. Jeez, I don't like living surrounded by a shabby commercial Western Avenue, but damn my street sure is mostly nice. Just what does the future hold, and more importantly, who is doing the holding? 

 

It ain't me, babe.

 

-Jim Creamer -Aldie St 

 

 

 

> Is this the kind of horsesh*t treatment we can expect from all parties with
> the responsibility to prevent unchecked development and haphazard and unsafe
> site
> construction?  It appears it is. A special note of  disparagement to George
> Bachrach and all former politicians turned developer who trade their
> goodwill in the community for personal profit.
>
>    -Jim Creamer -Aldie St
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <colleen...@yahoo.com>
> To: "AllstonBrighton2006" <AllstonBr...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:02 AM
> Subject: [SPAM] [AB2006] Goldstein Building Implosion - NO NOTIFICATION
>
>
>>
>> I just wanted to make everyone aware that on Friday, June 8th, the
>> contractors that were working on the Goldstein Furniture building
>> imploded the building without notifying the neighbors.  My son is a
>> direct abutter and was home at the time.  He had the windows open
>> because he was not expecting this explosion.  The sound was deafening
>> and the clouds of dust and debris were enormous.  The dust all came in
>> his windows and we just don't know what toxins are in that debris.
>> They had no system in place to control the dust at all (no hoses or
>> tarps).  I went down there Friday night and was helping him move his
>> patio furniture because it was covered in debris (had he known the
>> building was being imploded he would have moved the furniture into the
>> house!).  I ended up cutting my palms in several places because there
>> were small splinters of glass everywhere.  I can't believe how
>> irresponsible this company was.  They completely disregarded the
>> neighbors safety and well being!!!  What if the residents had been in
>> the yard?  They would have been seriously injured.  I can't imagine
>> that it is legal to implode a building without notifying the people
>> that live less than fifty feet from where the explosion is taking
>> place.   Does anyone know what the laws and regulations are regarding
>> this type of construction?   Thank you for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>

[Eva Webster]

Hey, Jim, why suddenly such deep contrition?  Don’t let the pendulum of your judgment swing too much in the opposite direction, or you may need to eat crow again :-)

I don’t know Colleen Salmon any better than I know George Bachrach (practically not at all), but cannot imagine that she would have fabricated a story like that, signed with her own real name, and sent it to many people via the internet.  A complete denial by the developer that anything remotely wrong had happened  (“there was no implosion”) must be totally invalidating to her.  It makes her look like either she lied or had hallucinations.  I doubt that very much.

I’m coming to her defense because I don’t see her copied on your message, so she may not even be able to respond with a proof of her sanity (evidence of the incident).

I thought you were in the right when you chastised the developer the first time.  Asbestos or no asbestos, abutters should be forewarned that on a given day a demolition implosion may blow a huge amount of dust into their homes.  Even with no dust involved, it would’ve been very unnerving to be surprised in your home by a sudden and close noise like that (possibility of gas explosion, etc.)

Eva
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[Bruce Boccardy]

Jim,

 

Your concern was valid.  We need more people like you who are willing to challenge those without integrity who masquerade as benefactors of the community.  It's not what they say, it's what they do. 

 

Bruce