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Old Posted Jun 13, 2010, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by sopas ej View Post
Why, why, why did the Richfield Building get demolished??

Apparently it was still in pretty good condition even on the inside, right up to its demolition.
The plight of many towers on the west coast was they eventually became impossible to insure without extremely costly earthquake retrofits that were just not economical.
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