Pipes Burst at Penobscot

[davewindsor]

Pipes Burst at Penobscot


I just walked through the Penobscot and there is literally a freakin' waterfall in the lobby coming out of a light fixture. Spoke to someone who worked in the building who is really upset for a multitude of reasons including it's super cold. I wish I had my phone on me [[someone should go there) and had media contacts who could cover the terrible management of that building. Is there a worse building owner than APop?

I'm not going to knock him just yet over a burst pipe. We don't even know if it was a burst pipe. For all we know, it could have been a faulty sprinkler head from the floor above. Those things are hard to shut off and do a lot of damage. Even the fire department has a hard time shutting those things off. And I thought old buildings in downtown like the Penobscott were heated by a central boiler run by the city. Ever wonder why there is steam coming from those grills along the sidewalks? Is it the landlord's fault or the city's fault if it's "super cold"?

The claim by most DYes folks is that's there's insatiable demand for high-end downtown living, so I don't see why not. Let's see this building get converted, seeing as its a half-empty office wreck. It's a fat building, though, so the floorplans would be long and narrow.

Oh sure, follow the same plan the Book Tower did. That was 6 years ago. How's that idea coming along? At least if a historic building is partly rented, it's not going to follow the same fate of the Lafayette anytime soon.