EastSouthWestNorth: Daily Brief Comments, June 21-30, 2009
http://zonaeuropa.com/200906c.brief.htm#012

Building on the Lianhuanan Road in the Minxing district of Shanghai city toppled over

building falls_from silver girl @ delicious

1. First, the apartment building was constructed 2. Then the plan called for an underground garage to be dug out. 3. The excavated soil was piled up on the other side of the building. 4. Heavy rains resulted in water seeping into the ground 5. The building began to shift and the concrete pilings were snapped 6. due to the uneven lateral pressures. 7. The building began to tilt. 8. And thus came the eighth wonder of the world.

The building FELL OVER. Let me say that again. The *whole building* *fell over*.

"At around 5:30am on June 27, an unoccupied building still under construction at Lianhuanan Road in the Minhang district of Shanghai city toppled over."