We had buildings do that due to liquefaction during earthquakes causing the foundations to settle unevenly. A couple of fairly large buildings (by our standards) had to be demolished as a result.
Strengthened masonry facades are a common sight here too. Cheers, Dave > On Jun 4, 2018, at 11:07 AM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh, yeah… the link! > > https://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18476490-orig.jpg > > Rick > >> On Jun 3, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Rick Womer wrote on 6/3/18 3:15 PM: >>> Amsterdam is built on silt, and the buildings have settled in interesting >>> ways. It’s remarkable that some of them still stand (though a lot have >>> help; the black bars on the facade have large bolts to keep the masonry >>> from falling off the wood frame). >>> (K-5, DA 17-70) >>> Comments appreciated! >> >> My main comment is that it would be a lot easier if you posted a link to the >> picture. >> >>> Rick >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
