[CPEO-BIF] "Quackenbush fire site, a brownfield, is proposed for huge development, " Albany, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Quackenbush fire site, a brownfield, is proposed for huge development
Soil contaminated where apartment, hotel complex plan projected

By Lauren Stanforth
Albany Times-Union (NY)
September 13, 2015

Albany - The site of a three-alarm fire over the weekend next to historic Quackenbush Square is a contaminated brownfield that has been proposed for a massive apartment and hotel complex.

The long-vacant brick warehouse at 32 Spencer St. at which the fire started early Saturday morning was demolished Sunday. Two other buildings next to the warehouse, at 42 and 46 Spencer, were also taken down for fear that they would collapse while demolition was occurring, Albany Fire Chief Warren Abriel said.

Abriel is hoping to learn more Monday about what fire investigators found, but the cause of the blaze might never be known because the warehouse was too unstable to enter, he said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Demo-work-continues-at-Albany-fire-site-6501977.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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