I've never heard these called "dingbats" even though I lived in such a building in Oakland many years ago. What I do know them as is "soft story" apartments, d

I've never heard these called "dingbats" even though I lived in such a building in Oakland many years ago. What I do know them as is "soft story" apartments, due to the likelihood of collapse of the living quarters over the car ports in an earthquake. (In my case, I lived in a unit that was not actually over a car port, but still would probably have suffered collateral damage.) Seems odd the article did not mention it, here is one that does discuss dingbats and the earthquake risk they pose. https://www.kcrw.com/news/articles/what-it-will-take-to-earthquake-proof-l-a-s-most-vulnerable-apartment-buildings https://www.kcrw.com/news/articles/what-it-will-take-to-eart... Edit: I see now TFA does mention soft story earthquake risk, I didn't see it beause of the web site delay in showing me the entire article. "during earthquakes, there’s an unsettling amount of shaking, thanks to the soft-story carport construction. (That said, dingbats have seen a wave of recent retrofits with strengthened seismic codes). "