GREENBERG, J.
Tucked off Norwood Avenue, on a small lot in a residential area of Newton, a two-family house at 74 Harvard Street would become one of the city's worst nightmares.
On August 29, 1991, Walter B. Adams, the commissioner of the city's inspectional services department (department), wrote to the owners, quoting from a survey board report: "it is apparent that the owner of the premises has failed to take adequate measures to make the dwelling safe...
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