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Under New York City's stringent rent control and housing preservation laws, Columbia's tenants were entitled to have their apartments rebuilt and their leases renewed at the same rent level. But even after months of negotiations and a successful lawsuit against Columbia, the landlord continued to let the building deteriorate without regard for the tenants still out on the street...
According to legend, Weld has long been plagued by the super-natural. "The story goes that when Weld was rebuilt after burning down in the 1960's, a spirit was bricked in between the walls," said Margaret John, a Weld proctor. "Students often hear mysterious knocking on the walls...
...people who used the bathroom facilities, Quinn said. Those serving an entire floor were used by 15 to 25 people, and therefore suffered more than bathrooms used by just a suite. And in Canaday Hall, ventilation systems couldn't deal with steam from the showers and had to be rebuilt...
...years the government has talked of decentralizing Mexico City. The rebuilding effort may offer an opportunity. Presidential Press Spokesman Manuel Alonso Munoz has already said that only those government offices that can justify their need to stay in the capital will be rebuilt there. Even so, as President de la Madrid warned his fellow citizens, the cost of recovery will be "enormous." The process will also take years...
...hurt Mexico's tourism industry, which provides crucial foreign-exchange dollars to help service Mexico's debt. Tourists are likely to stay away until normal conditions are restored in Mexico City and the hard-hit coastal states; accommodations will be tight until the many damaged hotels are repaired or rebuilt. On the bright side, neither oil-refining facilities nor heavy industrial complexes that are located in the northern section of Mexico City appear to have been harmed by the quakes...