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Earthquake Still Providing Challenges

SEATTLE-Such is the case of the 111-year old Cadillac Hotel. The building owner wants to tear down the building because the quake weakened its walls, while city and neighbors want to preserve the building.

By Tom Kelly | Updated on April 03, 2001

SEATTLE-Stark reminders of the February 28 earthquake still linger in the city’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. The ramifications go far beyond building owners and tenants.

A huge crack in the Alaskan Way Viaduct – an elevated waterfront roadway – caused a shutdown of the popular road yesterday, snarling commuter traffic and frustrating the thousands of baseball fans headed to the Seattle Mariners’ Opening Night festivities against the Oakland A’s.

The crack also sparked second thoughts of “demolish or repair” decisions by building owners who face expensive repairs. Seismically upgrading of old or historic structures can easily cost a building owner millions of dollars. In some cases, the owner is not willing, yet the city wants the property to remain.

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