It was a Mexico City office building; now, after the earthquake, it's a tomb
by By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
Sep 28, 2017
3 minutes
MEXICO CITY - What was once a concrete office building has become a tomb.
The upper stories at the building at Avenida Alvaro Obregon 286, in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, have collapsed, leaving entire floors stacked like pancakes.
Signs of a once-bustling office peek out. Potted plants. The remnants of vertical blinds. A navy blue bench cushion. Binders. A black filing cabinet smashed open. A "Star Wars" toy model. An electrical outlet ripped from the wall.
All of it now squeezed in a vise of
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