Although the practice of using a concrete barrier down the center of a roadway to separate opposing traffic dates back to the mid-1940s, the practice seems really to have gained steam when, in 1955, ...

Homeowners in Brownstone Brooklyn are anxious about their rooflines. “Someone was giving out flyers today on my block … about ‘mandatory’ parapet wall inspections,” one wrote on a Brownstoner forum.

Mumbai: The police chargesheet filed over the Feb 14 fatal parapet slab crash at an under-construction Metro-4 site in Mulund ...

Yasaman Mahdi co-authored this blog. She is currently a law clerk at Cole Schotz P.C. As of January 1, 2024, New York City will require that all building parapets facing the public right-of-way ...

REPORTER: THERE IS A STRETCH OF SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER OF MAIN STREET THAT IS FENCED OFF. LOOK THROUGH THE SIDEWALK, AND YOU CAN SEE NOT ONLY A PILE OF BRICKS, BUT ALSO ARCHITECTURAL STONES, STONE ...

Mumbai, Feb 20: The three accused linked to the fatal Metro Line 4 parapet collapse in Mulund have approached the sessions court for anticipatory bail. The plea of the directors of the contractor ...