New York, NY – Authorities are considering emptying the massive U.N. headquarters building for at least three years to get a long-delayed renovation project back on track and on budget, according to people who have been briefed on the plan.
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Member states’ deliberations and security considerations have left the $1.8 billion renovation a year behind schedule, with every month adding roughly $10 million to the overall cost of the project.
Now the construction officials are considering emptying and rehabbing the 39-story Secretariat building on New York’s East River all at once, abandoning a controversial plan to do the work in 10-floor sections of an otherwise occupied building.
Critics have long complained about the plan’s risks, noting that the tower is 44 years old, riddled with asbestos and lacking a sprinkler system.
Moving approximately 4,500 people out of the glass-and-marble landmark will increase the cost of temporary office space, according to diplomats briefed on the plan, but significantly cut down on construction costs and speed up the work. [washingtontimes]
The building should be filled with concrete cement and closed forever, all flags should be removed and instead one little sign should commemorate the failure of the “United Nothing” in the last 50 years, as well as highlighting the few antisemitic accomplishments, and these bums working there should go work in some underground sewer treatment until they are completely forgotten.
They should remove the asbestos ASAP before ben-ladin blows up the building.
maybe some more asbestos should be added.
and for these facist-loving people,how about installing sprinklers with some Zyklon B
After they rehab the building, get the US out of the UN, kick the UN out of the US, and then rent out the building to commercial tenants and put it back onto the NYC tax rolls.
Kol Mevaser’s suggestion to move them into the East River is not a good one — That would be water pollution!!!
let them move in to the East River. Free rent.