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[-] Serialchemist@ttrpg.network 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Oh my god!

Modern building codes can’t even begin to comprehend the Los Angeles “Dingbat” apartment. Modern requirements say that “soft story” buildings are not safe in Earthquakes - yet some of these apartments still endure across Southern California.

How were they doing it 60 years ago? Where did these apartment blocks come from? What evidence remains of the methods used in construction?

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/iconic-la-apartments-dingbats-19898801.php

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 points 18 hours ago

yet some of these apartments still endure across Southern California.

Well, and some of them don't. Some of them killed people in earthquakes.

[-] Serialchemist@ttrpg.network 4 points 16 hours ago

Ancient Architect theorists believe there may have been other reasons those collapsed.

Whether it is due to ley lines, morphic fields, or seismological refits - we may never know.

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