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The brick wall shown in Figure 1 collapsed towards the north, smashing two cars parked on the street. The wall enclosed the open-air loading area for the adjacent building. No reinforcement was evident in these walls.
Figure 1: Collapsed un-reinorced masonry wall.
Photo: K. Porter (for MCEER)
Submitted by Gilberto Mosqueda and Keith Porter
October 5, 2005
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