New Pitched Roof At Cornelius Casey's 1st Place House

New York Times October 13, 1913

90 First Place

The new pitched roof

In late December, firemen pay a visit

Poor old Cornelius Casey. He could never have imagined what would become of his house when he lived here himself about 100 years ago.
His beautiful Brownstone at 90 First Place sure has been suffering at the hand of a rather careless contractor.
The conversion was a total gut job. To date, the site has amassed 14 complaints and the Buildings Department has slapped it with 8 violations.
If that's not bad enough, back in July, the roof collapsed after a heavy rain.
Now months later, the place finally has the framework for a new roof. But look, it's not flat. It's pitched. Strange, to say the least. One can see it clearly from Court Street, looking over North Fork Bank.
As I was taking these pictures in late December, a fire truck pulled alongside me. About 6 firemen got out and walked, you guessed it, right into 90 First Place.
Sure enough, one of the complaints about the roof was referred to the Fire Department.
I have no doubt that the condos will cost a pretty penny once they hit the market.
I wonder what Cornelius would say...

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