Could a repeat of last year’s snowpocalypse be right around the corner? The streets may be drivable, but that hasn’t stopped the cold from leaving a trail of destruction, this time right down the block from the Mercury offices!
The O reported that an industrial building collapsed in Northeast Portland, so I walked over to check it out. The fire department officials on the scene said that a pipe burst, waterlogging the empty building until the floor gave way (that’s the floor in the photo below, sticking out of the structure like a tongue). Nobody was hurt, but given that the dissolving building is perched right over the MAX Blue and Green lines and I-84, if the soil keeps eroding there could be reason to worry. Similarly, the building is right next to the foundations of the bridge that carries NE 21st across the freeway, so here’s to hoping this gets cleaned up quick.
More photos after the jump.
The Max Yellow line doesn’t go that way – the blue and red and green lines do.
Oh shit, you’re right. Fixed.
Do you suppose the available sign will come down?
If anything ujfoyt, I’d say it’s more available than ever now.
erosion concerns?
Grinning ear to ear to ear to rear.
It’s been available for a long time, right? I wonder if the landlord is even upset, given that he’ll now probably get some kind of insurance money?
Totally tempted to call the number and ask if it’s still available.