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Circuit City being listed among the retailers that left in 2008 raised red flags for me. Hmmm, what happened in 2008, and with Circuit City? I'm not sure about
by function_seven 5y ago
Circuit City being listed among the retailers that left in 2008 raised red flags for me. Hmmm, what happened in 2008, and with Circuit City?
I'm not sure about the parking lot sinking vs. the buildings floating. On one hand, it does seem like a heavy building wouldn't stay put while the plain asphalt sunk down under virtually no weight. But maybe the foundations were properly compacted while the rest of the parking lot wasn't? Or some other steps were taken to prepare the (known) landfill for a heavy building, but nothing was done for just a plain tarmac? Because the heaviest structures floating upward while the rest of the parking lot stays put doesn't seem intuitive to me either.
- skrebbel 5y ago> Hmmm, what happened in 2008, and with Circuit City? I looked it up: "On November 10, 2008, Circuit City filed for bankruptcy protection", says Wikipedia. Circuit City was a consumer electronics chain with stores across the US.
- function_seven 5y agoHa, thanks. That's exactly what I was alluding to. This particular sinking strip mall wasn't the reason Circuit City left. The whole damn thing went under :)
- metaphor 5y ago> Or some other steps were taken to prepare the (known) landfill for a heavy building, but nothing was done for just a plain tarmac? Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpinning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpinning