City officials ordered the building’s demolition last month, declaring it “currently in a condition that is unsafe and dangerous to life and limb.”
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Memorial Drive is losing part of a lane indefinitely amid concerns that a large — and structurally compromised — Cambridge condominium building could collapse.
Starting Saturday and continuing until further notice, the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation said it will close the right lane of Memorial Drive westbound between Hawthorn Street and Gerrys Landing Road. The closure comes as Cambridge prepares for the demolition of the troubled 66-unit Riverview building on Mount Auburn Street, which was evacuated in a hurry last year following the discovery of structural deficiencies in its concrete…