Judge Blocks Riverfront Apartments in Bala Cynwyd, Report Says

John Barry July 21, 2012 at 05:46 am

The three main sources of dioxin are steel/iron mills, cement plants, and paper mills.Dioxin breaks down very slowly and remains in the environment for years and years. The Roberts brothersk Algernon and Percival, founded a iron mill there and specialized in trestle bridges. J. P. Morgan in his quest to monopolize iron/steel production bought the plant around 1900 and ran it until the Great Depression closed it. Later Connally bought the land and used for a paper mill, to build giant cartons for shipping large produce such as watermelons. Calling Riverfron a "brownfield" is a euphemism of the highest order. Mr. O'Niell has claimed that he will clean up Riverfront but the question is to whose satisfaction? I cannot imagine anyone wanting to live there.

Mark Golden July 23, 2012 at 01:30 am

So, in your opinion, it should remain untouched forever? There are standards tha must be adhered to, so why would you want to leave it contaminated?

John Galt July 25, 2012 at 03:17 pm

John was there actually a point to any of that? Congratulations on your Wikipedia search on the site. O'Neill has successfully converted dozens of highly contaminated sites to safe, beautiful new developments. This is just another instance of ego-maniacal local officials in Lower Merion blocking development because they're snobs and don't want anything other than million dollar homes. The commissioners should have resolved this years ago and helped O'Neill get this done for the betterment of the community.