Philadelphia Spectrum Roof Collapse

This is a video of the roof going down on the spectrum in philadelphia pa.

Philadelphia spectrum roof collapse.

Monday along the 4200 block of leidy avenue. This is a video of the roof going down on the spectrum in philadelphia pa. The incident happened round 10 30 p m. Ike richman according to comcast spectacor pr man ike richman technical problems with the crane delayed the spectrum demo until tomorrow.

16 2011 around 2 37pm. Philadelphia cbs crews are responding to a partial roof collapse in south philadelphia. Instead spectrum officials slapped a tarpaper patch atop the opening and kept the doors open. 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.

Speaking of slow deaths peter forsberg will retire from hockey after a two game comeback with. Two weeks later on march 1 a cold front swept more high winds into south philadelphia. The spectrum in philadelphia the long time home of the philadelphia flyers and philadelphia 76ers has been in demolition mode for several months now. Parkside wpvi a row of porch roofs collapsed under the weight of snow in the parkside section of philadelphia.

It happened in the 1200 block of south clarion street on friday morning. There are no reports of any injuries. 23 accompanied by a recording of bruce springsteen s the wrecking ball there wasn t much to see. This has to be the slowest building demolition of all time.

This time they not only uprooted the roof patch they widened the existing hole. The roof however is starting to cave in. 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. Today with the long process almost complete.