{"id":2322,"date":"2007-05-14T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T18:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/05\/sure_they_can_park_where_they_want_but_then_again_they_work_in_a_fire_trap.html"},"modified":"2008-12-17T23:18:20","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T04:18:20","slug":"sure_they_can_p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/sure_they_can_p.html","title":{"rendered":"Sure They Can Park Where They Want But Then Again, They Work In A Fire Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/intelligencer\/31816\/\">And they somehow expect something to change in Darfur<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The United Nations is downright rickety. &#8220;Commissioner Marjorie Tiven told me that there are 866 fire-code violations within the U.N. building,&#8221; Dan Gillerman, the Israeli ambassador, said at last week at Seeds of Peace annual gala. &#8220;I suppose if we want to feel safe not only in this world but in this building, we should take care of those first.&#8221; The modernist landmark is preparing for a $1.878 billion renovation and recently had its first safety inspection since 1952. &#8220;They found many, let&#8217;s call them directives, that were not complied with,&#8221; confirmed a U.N. spokeswoman. &#8220;We get certain privileges and immunities.&#8221; Areas of concern include lighting, sprinklers, and smoke alarms, says the U.N.&#8217;s facilities director, all set to be addressed prior to the renovation.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Location Scout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/midtown\/turtlebay\/unitednations\/index.htm\">United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And they somehow expect something to change in Darfur: The United Nations is downright rickety. &#8220;Commissioner Marjorie Tiven told me that there are 866 fire-code violations within the U.N. building,&#8221; Dan Gillerman, the Israeli ambassador, said at last week at Seeds of Peace annual gala. &#8220;I suppose if we want to feel safe not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}