connections a great deal; that wood can rattle around and cause some visible movement
but has no meaning regarding structural capacity; that a review of maps shows that the
condition to the east of the subject premises has not changed in over 100 years; that a
public school to the west of the subject premises was replaced in late 1930s or 1940s by a
much larger high school; that there has not been construction immediately adjacent to the
subject premises, which can cause foundation movement or damage to the upper floors,
since 1940 or so; that waterproofing on the roof was in extremely poor condition; that
there was standing water on the roof; that he saw vegetation on the roof, which indicates
that there are lots of puddles when it rains; that the roof has a lot of patching, some of
which appears to be rubber floor mats rather than roofing materials; that rubber is
unlikely to keep the roof watertight; that flashing he observed on the roof has failed; that
parts of the tarpaper on the roof are older than the useful life of tarpaper of twenty to
thirty years, evidenced by aging from ultraviolet from sunlight; that the roof is noticeably
sloped to the front for drainage; that standing water on the roof indicates that drainage
isn't working properly; that a leader does not connect with the scupper at the parapet; that
checking a scupper and a leader is part of a normal maintenance plan for a building; that
longer that water ponds on a roof, the more likely the water will find a gap in the
waterproofing membrane; that a skylight made of sheet metal, tin, and maybe iron in the
subject premises is in extremely poor condition; that the skylight is rusting; that the tops
have been waterproofed with tarpaper in poor condition; that monitor windows at