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...They could just walk through," he said, "It's like an open door." Wujastyk said he complained of a potential hazard on the staircase before the Carpenter incident...
...American Repertory Theater's production of Uncle Vanya, fell from the stairway to a concrete basement floor during a film-screening of the play last month. The wide staircase railing, which has alarmed employees at the center since it was built in 1963 and was noted as a hazard by a state building inspector in 1985, featured wide gaps between its horizontal bars that allowed the small child to slip through...
WORKERS have called the exposed stairwell of Carpenter Center "a mother's nightmare" for years now, but never with the conviction they used this week. What in the past had seemed merely a risky spot for small children suddenly showed itself for it was--a dangerous safety hazard in gross violation of existing building codes. The nearly three-foot gaps in the railing left plenty of room for a three-year-old to tumble about 12 feet to a concrete floor; he was treated for wrist and head wounds and was released the same day. The most appalling part...
Employees said concern for aesthetics may have delayed attention to the safety hazard. The spiral-looking building is the only structure in North America designed by the internationally-known architect, Le Corbusier...
Look at the many warnings there were about the Carpenter Center hazard. State officials writing to city officials, workers talking among themselves, state officials writing to Harvard officials, maintenance men making repairs temporarily. The heart of the problem, according to interviews with administrators and city inspectors, is the complex licensing system of campus buildings--which holds no one office or agency accountable for the safety of buildings...