Eliminate the dip in the Pipe is not yet possible

Nedvizhimost24-04-2007 In place of the failure of the soil on Pipe Square in Moscow, around the clock are 45 pieces of equipment, and people working in three shifts. But the accident could take several days. In the dip is filled up about 8,000 cubic meters of soil. In addition, the pit should also be filled with sand, then to put asphalt on it. In the prefecture of protracted explain their complexity and the need to constantly monitor the condition of soil and sand mounds. The authorities of the Central District are confident that there is no danger to nearby buildings and to the metro station "Color Boulevard" failure is not. However, the capital diggers claimed that the area near the Pipe and color may occur boulevard new ground failures, reports Autonews.ru. Recall that the accident occurred on Sunday, April 22. At an underground water pipe collapsed wall building under construction. As a result of sinkhole formed in the pit 10 meters wide and 50 meters in length. Oleg Zolotov

The New York Times evicts billionaire of Russian origin

Nedvizhimost03-05-2007 building of the editorial board of The New York Times "in the heart of the city got a billionaire of Russian origin. Journalists should leave it to the 1 July this year. The building becomes the property of the Israeli holding company headed by billionaire Lev Leviev. The most influential U.S. newspapers - the only tenant is a 15-storey building - to be completely free him by July 1. According to The New York Post, she plans to move into a new office 52-storey skyscraper on Eighth Avenue. 15-story building, which from 1913 belonged to the company's New York Times, was bought from her real estate firm Tishman Speyer in 2004 for 175 million dollars. The new owner of historic buildings from 1 May became an investment holding "Africa - Israel, put him 525 million dollars., Interfax reported. The difference between these sums, formed just two and a few years shows how rapidly the price of real estate in central New York, particularly Manhattan. "L. Leviev, who heads the holding company, bought the residence of the newspaper" The New York Times, made his first billion dollars in the diamond developments in Russia and in the war-torn Angola, "- the newspaper The Wall Street Journal. Oleg Zolotov

Building a skyscraper in Moscow could destroy the Temple of All Saints?

Nedvizhimost07-05-2007 to exercise the utmost caution in building up the area around the church of All Saints, near the metro station "Sokol" in Moscow asked the Human Rights Center of the World Russian People's Council. Corresponding letter addressed to the Yuri Luzhkov. The reason for it was received by the Human Rights Centre for the Committee of public control of the Moscow district of Sokol, whose members are concerned about plans to build multistory buildings in the hydrogeological risk zone. " "Features of the relief of this area are not favorable for such projects: a temple and nearby houses runs an underground river Tarakanovka, flooded their foundations. All Saints Church is already noticeably tilted, so the construction of multistory buildings in close proximity to it may lead to the destruction of the temple," - said in a letter to the center, according to Interfax. "As the recent incident at the Pipe area (there is a considerable territory occurred sinkhole) - write the authors of the document - large-scale construction without taking into account the specifics of groundwater in general is fraught with man-made disasters." In this regard, the Human Rights Center asked the mayor of Moscow to heed the appeal by the residents Falcon and not expose their lives in danger, and the historical appearance of the area - the distortion. Oleg Zolotov