Residents at the upscale Riverview-in-Cambridge condos are facing a dire situation as they’ve been ordered to vacate their homes due to the discovery of significant structural issues. The complex, sitting at a vantage point over the Charlie River, found its stability compromised after a roof repair project last year unveiled underlying construction flaws dating back six decades, including the use of substandard concrete and improper rebar placement threatening the integrity of the building, as noted by
NBC Boston
.
In what can only be termed an unsettling turn for the people affected, the residents, some among them who have woven the fabric of their lives within these walls for close to half a century, suddenly find themselves in a scramble to secure moving services and confront a winter displacement. “To see all of these people needing to leave their residence and not knowing where exactly they’re going has been extremely distressful for them and also for me just seeing the looks on their faces every morning with concern and anxiety and depression,” a resident, seeking anonymity, expressed the emotional toll this evacuation is taking in an interview with
CBS News
.
Moving forward involves not just the physical relocation of belongings, but an upheaval of lives steeped in the memories and experiences that have long inhabited these spaces; for some, like the 92-year-old grandmother of Kristina Klamer, the upheaval is shattering, in her words: “I just feel really sad for her that she has all of these possessions, all of these photo books and memories from her life and she has no place to put them.” The emotional resonance of the experience is palpable in the narrative provided by residents to
CBS News
, as they face a future fraught with uncertainty.
The gravity of the situation is further burdened by the logistical nightmare unfolding in Cambridge’s tight rental market, which is compounded by the academic calendar and gives residents roughly four weeks to clear out, and as one resident put it, frustration is mounting as there’s “a lot of mixed messages, I think people are just left with a lot of questions that are unanswered, so I think that’s where the frustration is because people don’t know what to do,” as reported to
CBS News
. While repair work is scheduled to begin before the end of the year with a projected duration of at least one year, according to
NBC Boston
, the displaced residents are left with more questions than answers as the winter months loom and the reality of dislocation settles in.
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