I was interested in seeing how the street was expanded - expansion so necessary that the DiGeronimo block-sized building needed to be bought so the front 10 feet could be demolished for the new Euclid Corridor Buses.
I took some photos and made a few measurements of traffic lanes and such.
But what was most interesting is that Precision Environmental, the DiGeronimo company that was doing the asbestos removal at the Breuer Building before Fox announced that the FBI was investigating, was also doing the work at 6611.
I asked the 6 workers (all white) the scope of the job (I assumed putting the metal studs in the photo up across the face of the building for what purpose I don't know), but none of the workers would talk with me. The foreman would only tell me that Precision was working for the Greater Cleveland Rapid Transit Authority. Joe Calabrese is the head of RTA
The foreman said he "didn't want to put his foot in his mouth" by talking with me. Clearly, the foreman wasn't born yesterday.
Hey, nice work if you can get it!
I predict this building will never be re-used and will soon be demolished - leaving the RTA ratepayers holding the (empty) bag. NB All the concrete floor slabs have subsided - building is shot. All you need is a string line - or open eyes - to observe this.
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Links:
[1] http://realneo.us/blog/jeff-buster/6011-euclid-transit-oriented-design-rta-property-liability-or-asset
[2] http://realneo.us/system/files/6011-Euclid-Precision-works.jpg