The renovated theater reopens with a fresh interior design and new hospitality spaces that celebrate its deep history. The former main concert hall was transformed into a double-story rock ballroom that blends traditional motifs from its former days as a 19th-century hotel with edgy details that reference its 20th-century use for progressive gatherings pushing for social change.
During NYC Dept. of Buildings' three-month safety sweep, inspectors also issued more than 3,600 violations to contractors and site safety professionals for failing to keep sites safe.
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Construction workers and site supervisors will get training for COVID-19 protection, the latest infectious disease for which the industry is ill-prepared, says NY Environmental Contractors Association chairman Morris Napolitano.