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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 year agoPretty sure that violates at least one building code. What country was this from?
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoI found it under a post where people were talking about living in NYC.
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSurely built before NYC had fire codes. In that case, do some buildings with “historical value” somehow get grandfathered in?
minus-squarePrinceali311@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, at least in most cases. They get labeled as “legal non-conforming” and usually are required to become conforming in the event there is any major reconstruction done to fix a casualty event.
minus-squarePrinceali311@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMy first NYC apartment wasn’t this tight, but it wasn’t a shit ton different either.
minus-squaresenkora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI’ve seen buildings like this in the West Village.
Pretty sure that violates at least one building code.
What country was this from?
I found it under a post where people were talking about living in NYC.
It’s absolutely against nyc fire codes
Surely built before NYC had fire codes. In that case, do some buildings with “historical value” somehow get grandfathered in?
Yeah, at least in most cases. They get labeled as “legal non-conforming” and usually are required to become conforming in the event there is any major reconstruction done to fix a casualty event.
Yikes!
My first NYC apartment wasn’t this tight, but it wasn’t a shit ton different either.
I’ve seen buildings like this in the West Village.