Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Swansen Apartments condemned

About three weeks ago, a wall collapsed at the construction excavation for the Sedona and Slate Apartments on Clarendon Blvd in Rosslyn.  The cave-in prompted evacuation of the adjacent Swansen Apartments.  Whatever the condition of the building at that time, the subsequent earthquake and hurricane surely added additional stress.  The good news is that the construction site now looks like it can withstand any cataclysm.  That bad news is that the Swansen Apartments have been condemned.  A resident removing belongings today had moved into his apartment one day before the wall collapsed.

If you've had some bad experiences over the past month, consider yourself relatively lucky.

Note: Click on the photo to get a better view of the new steel ribbing on the Swansen building.

6 comments:

bArlington said...

That aint good at all!

Anonymous said...

Yeah someone is getting sued. The architect...the engineer...or the contractor and if I were a resident I would want in on that action.

Chi Wei said...

Oh, this is too bad. I'm just hoping the apartment I got isn't as unstable and messed up as this one. Scary!

Miguel Freeman said...

Good thing that the apartment I am renting right now is safe from any kind of cataclysm because of its architectural engineering. That one is indeed very scary.

Georgia Barge said...

Fortunately my cousin wasn’t there when it happened. I feel sorry for the residents there.

Finna Hymon said...

That's why here in Australia, it is recommended that your building be inspected and must pass the NABERS accreditation to avoid unfortunate circumstances like this.