Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Feb. 5, 2019
Dwellings at Vei 226 to be first avalanche-area homes of 142 demolished Residences at the addresses Vei 226 Nos. 23, 25, 27 and 29 are scheduled to be...
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Jan. 15, 2019
Owner still hoping for alternative heating in new building despite city mandate A new office/warehouse building in the seaside area of Longyearbyen that hoped to implement an alternative environmentally...
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Dec. 19, 2017
Brothers to sue after losing homes at Gamle Syhehuset Avaz and Sam Ziaei said they are planning to sue the man who sold them three...
Wasted on cracks: One year after hasty evacuation of Gamle Sykehuset evacuees’ hopes crumbing with the building
(Author's note: I planned to write a "straight" news article about last year's sudden and drastic evacuation of Gamle Sykehuset, but this week's avalanche and...
Random weirdness for the week of Oct. 25, 2016
For those 30 folks (including our vagabond editor) who got hastily tossed out of Gamle Sickhuset this year because the building was unsafe, get ready...
Rant: ‘You may want to go home’ – for the last time; two hours of hell and angels evacuating Gamle Sykehuset
I'm throwing clothing, books, computers, musical instruments, cables and who knows what else wildly about in my three-room flat, not caring where any of it...
BREAKING: Gamle Sykehuset declared unsafe, occupants forced to evacuate building within hours
Occupants of the 16 apartments at Gamle Sykehuset spent about two hours frantically packing as many possessions as possible late Thursday afternoon after the city...
