This week The Center of Health, Environment and Justice will release a frightening report detailing how Stuyvesant Town’s ongoing landscaping project is unearthing toxic remnants of the old gas house district that once occupied the land. The airborne toxins are believed to be responsible for a dramatic increase in various types of cancers and respiratory problems for Stuyvesant Town residents.
The report examines the New York State Department of Health’s medical records from 2004-2008 and noticed that the average number of newly diagnosed cases of cancer in Stuyvesant Town went from approximately five per year in 2004 to an astonishing one hundred and fifty-three per year as of June, 2008.
The report blames high levels of toxins in the air recently unearthed during the landscaping project that intended to improve the quality of life for Stuyvesant Town residents. Instead, the report shows the landscaping project being carried out by Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architecture is cutting their lives short.
An anonymous official who worked closely on the report wasn't surprised. “Common sense says you don’t unearth some of the most toxic land in New York State and host weekly events on it,” he tells us. “This is a perfect explanation of why most of the new greenery has died.”
When asked for comment, a representative from Tishman Speyer repeatedly slammed his phone on his desk screaming, “F***! F***! F***! F***! F***!”
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Residents Get Sick as Stuyvesant Town Digs up More Than Just Dirt.
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The trick is to keep digging until you hit bedrock. Once you hit bedrock you know there is no more contaminated soil.
Stuytown Mom & toddlers find strange creatures in mud hole near playground 12.
After looking more closely at the frogs in the slime. The limbs were not broken but grossly deformed or non-existent. Some frogs lacked an eye or had reached adulthood without shedding their tails.
Management reassured them not to worry for they
didn't glow in the dark!
Toxic Dirt would be a great name for a rock band.
Uh... anyone doing anything about this?? What could we do??
I just got this notice from Tish-Spy management. It's some kind of Q and A thingy. What does it mean?
Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town
Two iconic Manhattan properties. One to suit every lifestyle.
Q: Does Tishman-Spyer provide effective protection for all its residents?
A: We at Tishman-Speyer studied how landlords around the world have prepared to meet the dangers of toxins in the air released during massive landscaping or simolar projects/accidents. We found that the landlord for Lipatnikova Town-Ter Sarkisov Village in the town of Pripyat in the the former Soviet Union near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant provided their tenants free gas masks. They have been proved effective against highly radioactive fallout for over two decades. We anticipated the need for similar masks here in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and developed our own designs for gas masks and special hoods for babies and children.
Q: What is a gas mask?
A: A gas mask is a device that is worn to reduce the amount of contamination in the air that you breathe.
Q. What types do you offer?
A. Ours will cover your entire face. All gas masks have filters that are used with them.
Q. When and where will they be available?
A. Saturday-Thursday 10:00am-7:00pm, Friday 10:00 am-6:00 pm at Playground 1.
That is all.
It's funny how Stuyvesant Town is the only place where I've seen a three-legged robin. But I don't really think that the toxic dirt had anything to do with it. Put a little iodine on your salad if you're that worried.
Has anyone else noticed the wilting and half dead hydrangea plants sagging around the 18th St. side of the First Avenue loop??? They look like they're dying and the leaves are browning because they are not getting enough water. The soil is so dry it's cracking. Saave the Hydrangeas, people!!
The cancer scare is no joke. Too many lifelong residents who grew up in the same buildings are getting sick and are dying. What does the future hold for our children?
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