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mulsh

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7. In SF's early days these parcels were called "Water Lots" part of the wonderful history of the

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Thu Sep 14, 2017, 12:22 AM

Sep 2017

liberal free market at work in all its glory. A great deal of the eastern shore of SF is built on these lots.

Here's an article with maps about water lots in the area where the Millennium Tower was built.

[link:http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=WATER_LOT_SPECULATION|

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A 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking making their apartments worthless [View all] Stuart G Sep 2017 OP

Yeah, it's a great building, in a great area ghostsinthemachine Sep 2017 #1

Millennium Tower sits on land prone to liquefaction, dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #2

The building is straddling a transition; half is built on crap fill prone to liquefaction Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #5

That is frightening. Makes you wonder if they might R B Garr Sep 2017 #8

Crazy, but they are saying there may be a fix, and it could be ultimately straightened.... Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #10

Thanks for the link! That still sounds like an awfully scary fix -- drilling more R B Garr Sep 2017 #18

There are many lawsuits, but Montana's is interesting Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #19

Interesting situation! It would seem liability might R B Garr Sep 2017 #23

I can fix it, will only cost me a couple thousand but I'm going have to charge 2 million snooper2 Sep 2017 #16

I slightly suspect that won't work jmowreader Sep 2017 #24

Yikes! 17 inches? That's huge. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #3

This is an engineering error marylandblue Sep 2017 #4

It should have had pilings down to bedrock, but that likely cost too much. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #21

i don't feel bad since they are wealthy JI7 Sep 2017 #6

In SF's early days these parcels were called "Water Lots" part of the wonderful history of the mulsh Sep 2017 #7

Miami is another example of water lots. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #11

I think you mean "Conservative free market." Just so as not to confuse. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #12

I'm too used to using the term "liberal free market" to piss off conservatives. For some reason the mulsh Sep 2017 #14

I read about it when people were first starting to move in Warpy Sep 2017 #9

this is going to turn into a massive lawsuit against the civil engineer. Javaman Sep 2017 #13

I wonder what happens to that building in an earthquake. tinrobot Sep 2017 #15

Maybe someday the building will look like this: Tracer Sep 2017 #17

Over 400 multimillion dollar condos. MyNameGoesHere Sep 2017 #20

"So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, THEN sank into the swamp . . . " hatrack Sep 2017 #22