Besides the lack of heat in the winter, our biggest problem at 277 Gates is the unending door breakage.
Lately, every single door into the building (barring always-locked cellar doors) has been broken at the same time. This is a new low in the buildings security.
The back door, leading to the garbage and recycling area and eventually to a gate that lets out onto the street, in currently unable to close, no matter how hard you slam it. It simply will not catch.
The two front doors can be functional if shut properly, but are almost never done so. They must be closed completely by whoever is passing through, letting the mechanisms catch. If they are left to close on their own, they simply will not shut- they will stop before locking completely, though from a distance they will appear closed.
This is perhaps the most common complaint that tenants in the building have. We have asked PACC to fix the doors once and for since the very beginning of our Tenants Association, almost a year ago. It is true that have come and fixed the door in dire situations (such as when the lock freezes shut, or when the door knob/paddle completely falls off) but within a few days the doors are broken again. I do not know why.
Personally, I cannot understand why I've never seen this perpetually-broken-door at other places I frequent- my job, past addresses, school, stores, etc. I think many of us are looking for answers.
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MEETING TONIGHT!
Selection from another tenant's email:
"Email from another tenant I received this morning:
"I tried going on to post my thoughts on the security/door problem but was unable to do so. I might not be doing something the correct way.
I have become a little more worried about safety since last weekend, when someone at 6am was running down Franklin Ave beginning for help because someone had just robbed her."
-name withheld
The email goes on suggesting possible solutions.
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