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...needs a major retrofit of its anchorages and approaches that will cost at least $75 million. David Prowler, assistant to the city's chief administrative officer, says it is a "pretty good bet" that the board of supervisors will order a strengthening next year of some 2,000 unreinforced brick and masonry structures that are judged unsafe under current building codes. All told, such costs could approach $600 million...
California has adopted strict building codes to limit earthquake damage, but no other area is so well prepared. If hit by large shocks, the unreinforced highways and bridges of the Midwest and East could collapse. Solid houses of brick and stone might as well be made of playing cards. "The infrastructure in this part of the country has never been tested by a major quake," says Arch Johnston of the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at Memphis State University. Fortunately, when the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 occurred, the New Madrid region was too sparsely populated to suffer significant...
...were just lying here and suddenly there was a crack and a bang," said Leonard. "It sounded like someone had thrown in a brick through the window...a good, loud noise." The robber entered the store by breaking its front window, police said...
...Increase lighting in the Yard at night. The University claims that lights would detract from the nocturnal beauty of ancient brick edifices. But there is little difference between subtle and just plain dangerous when it comes to lighting at night in Cambridge...
Part of the trouble, according to City Councillor Edward N. Cyr, is simply procedural. Currently, the council allocates city land for development on an ad hoc basis, and consequently spends too much time arguing over pressing issues such as brick color and shutter size...