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Close to my place:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/12/17/building-collapses-in-san-franciscos-twin-peaks/
The owner was turning a junky little building into something bigger. The way San Francisco housing policy works, it's essentially impossible to get a demolition permit, so if you own a junky little shack you have to build your new, big building around it. The owner had a battle over the demo question, but seems to have given up and gone ahead with the standard way.
It would be easy to suspect some foul play (let's accidentally-on purpose demo the building) but it's likely that the building was mostly just some bits of rotten timber floating on soupy clay. It will be interesting to see what the investigation comes up with. The contractor's name isn't on the on-line permit records.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/12/17/building-collapses-in-san-franciscos-twin-peaks/
The owner was turning a junky little building into something bigger. The way San Francisco housing policy works, it's essentially impossible to get a demolition permit, so if you own a junky little shack you have to build your new, big building around it. The owner had a battle over the demo question, but seems to have given up and gone ahead with the standard way.
It would be easy to suspect some foul play (let's accidentally-on purpose demo the building) but it's likely that the building was mostly just some bits of rotten timber floating on soupy clay. It will be interesting to see what the investigation comes up with. The contractor's name isn't on the on-line permit records.