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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:08 AM Jun 2014

De Blasio administration to stick with concrete boardwalks after Sandy

ERIN DURKIN

The de Blasio administration will continue its predecessor’s policy of replacing wooden boardwalks with concrete, the city’s Sandy recovery czar said Thursday.

“The use of concrete in boardwalks is not going to change at this point,” Daniel Zarrilli, head of the Office of Recovery and Resiliency, told the City Council, saying the move “is a sound decision and that stands.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/de-blasio-administration-stick-concrete-boardwalks-sandy-blog-entry-1.1836671

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De Blasio administration to stick with concrete boardwalks after Sandy (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP

I find it interesting that the guy against it says Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1

Agreed! He needs to get real and accept that it won't have a wooden look to it. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2

You can texture concrete, and if you look closely at that pic Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #3

Yes this is true andI don't get this councilman. I wonder if he owns a wood company. lol. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #4

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. I find it interesting that the guy against it says

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:11 AM

Jun 2014

'both can be easily destroyed'. Last I checked, it took a heck of a lot more to destroy slabs of concrete than it does two by fours.

hrmjustin

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2. Agreed! He needs to get real and accept that it won't have a wooden look to it.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:13 AM

Jun 2014

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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3. You can texture concrete, and if you look closely at that pic

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:17 AM

Jun 2014

it looks like they did at least make some minimal attempt to make it look like planks, just far wider ones than the originals.

hrmjustin

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4. Yes this is true andI don't get this councilman. I wonder if he owns a wood company. lol.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:19 AM

Jun 2014

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