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By Madelon Joyce Rosen Thousands of people are expected to fill Co-op City's Greenway this Thursday evening when the New York Philharmonic makes its first appearance in this cornrnuníty as part of its summer parks concerts tour. The concert, slated for 8 p.m., will feature Strauss' Don Juan, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. Guest artist will be clarinetist Stanley Drucker and the orchestra will play under conductor David Zinman. The Philharmonic will give one additional performance in the Bronx at Van Cortlandt Park on Wednesday, August 20. Zubin
Mehta will conduct that evening's concert. The decision to have the or. chestra play in Co-op City came after the orchestra could not perform at the Botanical Gar~ dens due to on going construction there. After talks between the Phil, harmonic, Parks Department of. · ficials and the · Department of Cultural Affairs, the decision was made to move the concert to Co-op City. Following the concerts in the parks series, the Philharmonic will tour Europe. It will perform at European music festivals under the sponsorship of Citibank.
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e By Madelon ,Joyce Rosen Co-op City will no longer be subjected to long periods without hot water or heat thanks to completion of the installation of gate valves in the Power Plant. According to General Manager George Steiner, the gate valves, which replace the butterfuly valves previously in place, are of a much better _9{¥llity and will allow each ~tu:~1rof Co-op City to be shut dawn individually for
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Co-op City has been divided into three zones. Sections 1 and 2 are in zone one, Sections 3 and 4 are in zone two and Section 5 is zone three. The gate valves will allow each zone to be shut down for repairs while the other zones continue to function. Steiner daims that as few as 12 buildings can be isolated for a shut-down at one time with the rest of the development
Emergency generator out. for· repairs: back-up power arrar,1ged In an effort to stop problems before they become. major, Riverbay management has shut down the turbine generator for . repairs as part of a preventive maintenance procedure. The generator, used as a backup source of electricity in the event of a black-out, supplies hallway lighting and elevator service. While the generator is out for repairs, Riverbay has
's$6 By Madelon Joyce Rosen Almost $6.5 million in construction defects repairs were. approved by the Board of Directors at last Wednesday's r::-eeting as the decision-making body took the next giant step in improving this community's condition. General Manager George Steiner introduced Gerald Adams of Ebasoo Services, Inc. Adams, who will serve as construction manager, will. administer the entire defects program
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arranged with Con Edison to generate enough power, one thousand kilowatts, to supply the same services the generator would in the case of a black-out. Although the generator was working, there were cracked blades which needed to be replaced. Failure to do so now, might have led to more expensive repairs later,
continuing to operate as usual. Pointing to a repair site on the Ric-Wil system located along Co-op City Boulevard near the power plant, Steiner said th~t if the water should have to be shut down on this particular site, only Section 5 would be affected instead of all of Co-op City. According to the General Manager, the valves are a construction defect. The original butterfly valves were unable to handle the pressure called for in a development of this size where isolation of specific sections is a necessity. "How can you ask 40,000 people to go without hot water for five days while you work on several areas? Now, we can work on one area for two days and then put the hot water back there and take another area for the next two days. No one suffers for an extended period of time" Steiner explained. A total of six valves were installed in the Power Plant. Overseeing the operation were Jerry Adams from Ebasco Services and Jerry Barnett of the Power Plant.
mil in defect re which was prevh>ùsly divided up between Steiner's office and that of Frank Gradt. Delivering a Construction Management Forecast Report befo:re the Board, Adams noted that priority for work was given to those areas with the highest health and safety problems. The report also included an estimated time frame in which to complete the work and the cost of each item. The time frame was extended for the sake of flexibility, noted
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Board member Stuart Berman so if an emergency situation appeared, work could be interrupted and then resumed and the project could still be finished on time. Seven major categories were listed. These were drawn from the orígínal 40 items listed in the famous Perkins and Wills Report. While only $5,638,000 is in the proposed budget, Adams requested an additional $862,000 be reserved in the event of over( continued on page 28)
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General Manager George Steiner (left) and Power Plant Supervisor Jerry Barnett check one of the newly installed gate valves at the Plant.
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Støte, UHF fail toa their answers due Nizer law firm attorneys will begin preparing for the court case tied up in legal procedures for eight years now that both the State of New York, Coramjníty Services, Inc. (CSI) and the United Housing Foundation (UHF) have failed to appeal a recent State Appellate Court's decision in Co-on City's favor. The July 27 deadline passed!
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without any of the detendents in the Nizer law suit filing appeals . Now, the defendents must file an answering brief by September 8. The court case will then most likely be placed on a calendar. After eight years of pursuing the suit, which charges a fraud on the part of the State, UHF and CSI concerning the construction (Continued on page 2)