Philadelphia Spectrum Roof Collapse

This time they not only uprooted the roof patch they widened the existing hole.

Philadelphia spectrum roof collapse.

When demolition began at the spectrum nov. It happened in the 1200 block of south clarion street on friday morning. This is the west end of the spectrum roof coming down wednesday feb. 23 accompanied by a recording of bruce springsteen s the wrecking ball there wasn t much to see.

Two weeks later on march 1 a cold front swept more high winds into south philadelphia. The roof however is starting to cave in. Today with the long process almost complete. The spectrum in philadelphia the long time home of the philadelphia flyers and philadelphia 76ers has been in demolition mode for several months now.

This is a video of the roof going down on the spectrum in philadelphia pa. Monday along the 4200 block of leidy avenue. Ike richman according to comcast spectacor pr man ike richman technical problems with the crane delayed the spectrum demo until tomorrow. Spectrum roof collapse.

This has to be the slowest building demolition of all time. Speaking of slow deaths peter forsberg will retire from hockey after a two game comeback with. Parkside wpvi a row of porch roofs collapsed under the weight of snow in the parkside section of philadelphia. Ap a partial roof collapse at a nursing home in western pennsylvania injured four residents officials said although none of the injuries appeared to be serious.

Instead spectrum officials slapped a tarpaper patch atop the opening and kept the doors open. 16 2011 around 2 37pm. On march 1 1968 wind blew part of the covering off the spectrum s roof during a performance of the ice capades forcing the building to close for a month while mayor tate fought with then philadelphia county district attorney arlen specter over responsibility for the construction of the roof and the damage was repaired. There are no reports of any injuries.