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NYC To Change Codes For Skyscrapers

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
6 August 2002 - 8:00am

New York City's sweeping plan to change building codes for high-rises is an indication of how the Sept 11th attacks could transform the nation's skyscrapers.

"New York City officials are creating a sweeping plan to change the codes that govern how all high-rise buildings are protected against fire and structural damage and how they are evacuated in an emergency...A task force of city building and fire officials, real estate leaders, engineers and construction executives has already drawn up a list of possible changes, which would be among the city's most comprehensive in three decades."

Full Story: New York Plans Code Overhaul for High-Rises
Source: The New York Times, August 5, 2002
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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