Hurricane Sandy
9:46 AM |
Missing front facade at 8th Avenue & 14th Street. |
Structure is a 4-story commerical row house-type building. Front facade was 3 wythe brick laterally restrained by mild steel straps ties to 1 or 2 floor joists
Failure mechanism was likely to be negative pressure (suction) pulling the facade away from the floor joists.
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