Borough of Manhattan Community College students will be greeted with 54 new classrooms and 44 new laboratories when the 2012-2013 school year commences. Fiterman Hall, located at 30 West Broadway between Barclay and Park Place, had to be demolished following the 9/11 attacks. Debris from the neighboring 7 World Trade Center damaged the building’s south façade. As a result, the accumulation of W.T.C. dust and mold caused officials to deem the building uninhabitable.
Since 1993 the office building, which dated back to the 1950’s, had been used as an extension of the B.M.C.C. Chambers Street campus.
Last week, the construction hoist used to construct the new Fiterman Hall, which will also include 160 offices, was removed. Work to install the electrical, mechanical plumbing for the 16-story building continues. All façade panel construction and window installation is also now complete.
– John Bayles
