On Tuesday morning, workers from Empire Dismantlement began to remove the roof of a building on the north end of the Crosby Company’s complex on Pratt Street, between William and Broadway.
In November, the company applied for a demolition permit for five structures in the complex, “due to deterioration and collapse of structural walls and roofs.” Last Thursday, December 17 the Buffalo Preservation Board denied the company’s request for approval and agreed to seek landmark status for the complex. The application for landmark status will be reviewed at the Preservation Board’s January 7 meeting. Nonetheless, the company removed the roof of building #20 on December 22. A source in the city’s Department of Permits & Inspections could not locate a permit for that work and did not believe one had been issued.
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