tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post7572574521089151479..comments2015-01-18T18:00:22.633-05:00Comments on The District Curmudgeon: UPDATE: Now you see it, now you don't - Trinidad house demolishedIMGophhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-79301171264558020542011-07-12T08:05:49.625-04:002011-07-12T08:05:49.625-04:00Quick, build a dog park!Quick, build a dog park!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-12757887447154767732011-07-11T17:17:55.171-04:002011-07-11T17:17:55.171-04:00So the city heard your concern, made some snide co...So the city heard your concern, made some snide comments about the owners not having a raze permit and not paying the fines that they likely wrote after the owners had died, and actually had a nearly year-old demolition directive on the property?<br /><br />If this story does anything, it reveals DCRA's rank incompetence. How many other such 120 hour raze permits are yet to be acted on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-73037286602074294132011-07-11T17:03:15.689-04:002011-07-11T17:03:15.689-04:00I guess they work from a different definition of &...I guess they work from a different definition of "imminent" than I do, because if there really was an imminent risk of collapse then I'd think a responsible government would take action - regardless of ownership - in less than a week and sort out ownership later. <br /><br />Perhaps there's some legal constraint I'm not aware of, but it certainly seems like the end result would have been exactly the same - the city took responsibility for getting the work done and they're going to pass the cost on to the party with ownership. <br /><br />If there really was a danger this could come down and injure someone then is who will pay the final bill really justification for putting people at risk?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721046809976467158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-71646235127682820522011-07-11T15:09:06.301-04:002011-07-11T15:09:06.301-04:00Yikes for the folks at 1183. Looks like there'...Yikes for the folks at 1183. Looks like there's a big hunk of house missing from their right front corner. And there has to be structural damage. Not cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529184728607075662.post-70215548024638982122011-07-11T14:40:44.965-04:002011-07-11T14:40:44.965-04:00lotta free old bricks there. i got a few for a pro...lotta free old bricks there. i got a few for a project this weekend. <br /><br />that said, in addition to what you said, it's a horribly done demo there's piles of boards and bricks and household items--and who knows what kind of crap buried under them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com