60 Hudson Street

Various electeds and other assorted downtown activist types are getting together Sunday to protest the continued storage of diesel fuel at 60 Hudson Street. The 24-story building, between Worth and Thomas streets, straddles the Tribeca-WTC border and houses equipment for telecommunications companies. But also--more than 80,000 gallons of diesel fuel. They're worried that an accident at the building could cause the fuel to ignite. The storage of diesel fuel in the base of 7 World Trade Center, they argue, was the reason for that building's collapse late in the day on Sept. 11. They're allowed to do that because of a variance issued by the Department of Buildings--which Jerry Nadler, Marty Connor, Deborah Glick, Alan Gerson, and Sally Regenhard of the Skyscraper Safety Campaign want the city to rescind. - Tom McGeveran