It’s [Asbestos] Showtime…at the Apollo!

October 23rd, 2009. By AbiK

Asbestos abatement time, that is.

According to the Gov Monitor (10/23/09), the Apollo Theater Foundation will receive $2.9 million as part of an award from New York’s Downstate Revitalization Fund. The monies will go to helping restore the iconic theater—the one where not only countless legends (Billie Holiday, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson…) have performed but also where amateurs get judged by an audience that can boo someone off the stage in a manner that makes Simon Cowell look like a pussycat (if you can remember staying up on Saturday nights to watch superstar wannabes give it their all, you know what I mean).

The Downstate Revitalization Fund, which is administered by Empire State Development, will allow the Apollo to continue work on a $72 million capital improvement project which includes roof and wall repairs, asbestos abatement and heating and cooling system replacement.

I’m glad whatever the asbestos situation at the Apollo is, it will be taken care of. And it just goes to show you how much of the stuff still lingers in buildings great and small everywhere.

Tags: Asbestos, Asbestos Mesothelioma

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