Raze the Red Flag.
By Jim Conley • Mar 18th, 2008 • Email This Post to a Friend •
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Those preparing to watch the Boston Archdiocese and the Town of Brookline tear down one of Brookline’s oldest buildings — the rectory at St. Aidan’s — will have to wait awhile. The demolition is not a go for this week after all.
See, there’s this requirement that demolishers tell environmental agencies how they plan to protect people from the lead and asbestos kicked up during a razing; and the contractor at St. Aidan’s hasn’t done that yet.
And folks, though the Archdiocese is known to say otherwise, there is a fair amount of nasty material left on and in the rectory. Let’s use this period to test the leadership capacity of our health department (led by a nutritionist) and to see whether they are capable of protecting residents in this heavily populated area.
I’m not optimistic. They seem to miss all the red flags.
Jim Conley is publisher of On Brookline.
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