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Conflicting descriptions as Philly demo job falls into other buildings

Descriptions conflict regarding the latest Philly demolition job to suddenly collapse into and damage adjacent buildings. Our building collapse attorneys remember reading a few weeks ago that the historic Old Shirt Corner building in Old City was to be torn down. But some local residents are saying they knew nothing of the impending demolition and were frightened and taken aback when the building was suddenly torn down, taking some adjacent properties with it.

The Old Shirt Corner building at 3rd and Market Streets came down suddenly in a cloud of debris. Demolition of the 19th century structure sent debris onto a middle building and also falling into a structure on the corner, which then collapsed.

The general contractor said he would have liked to take the old building down a brick at a time (as would have been safer) but that it didn’t occur that way. One version is staunchly calling the damage to multiple buildings a controlled demolition while another version is openly saying that the demolition wasn’t meant to happen that way.

Does this Demolition Collapse remind You of the Deadly Collapse into the Salvation Army Store?

Basically, as demolition workers tried to remove the top two floors of 257 Market Street (the same street where the deadly demolition that crushed a Salvation Army store occurred), a portion of the four-story building buckled and fell into 259 Market Street. Then 259 Market crumbled under the weight of 257, fell through sidewalk protection, and collapsed partly onto Third Street. We’re hesitant to speculate what an “uncontrolled” demolition might do.

Fortunately, no one seems to have been hurt by this most recent building collapse on Market Street in Philadelphia. But the damage to multiple buildings during the demolition amply illustrates the great dangers involved in taking down older buildings. The demolitions are almost always unpredictable. The incident further underscores the clear disregard for safety of those who tried to take down the building that collapsed into the Salvation n Army store in June by removing key structural supports and then going in with excavators and heavy equipment, a recipe for deadly disaster.

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