L&I
Morning Headlines: Controller’s Office Calls L&I “Evasive”
Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections delivered a three-page document and a reference to a 3,000-page report to the Controller’s Office in response to a […]
Dispatch: Could This Code Enforcement Strategy Work in Philadelphia?
Credit: Tim Kiser via Wikimedia Commons Next City is hosting a live blog of the 2013 Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference, now ongoing in Philadelphia. This is one […]
Morning Headlines: Another House Collapse Challenges Suspension of Disbelief
It’s as if a virus has overtaken the city, or maybe it’s more like when someone tells you they just got a red Fiat and […]
Headlines: Is L&I Mismanaged? Plus, ANOTHER Collapse
As we reported, City Council hearings on the building collapse at 22nd and Market continued yesterday with a raft of testimony from former L&I personnel, […]
Building Collapse: L&I Inspector Made Video Before Committing Suicide
Before he killed himself, L&I inspector Ronald Wagenhoffer made a video for his family on his camera phone, saying, of the building collapse, “It was […]
Building Collapse: L&I Inspector Dead From Gunshot Wound to Chest [UPDATED]
Fifty-two-year-old Ronald Wagenhoffer, who worked for the Department of Licenses and Inspections for 16 years, was found dead last night in his car in Roxborough. […]
Building Collapse: L&I Inspector Dead From Gunshot Wound to Chest [UPDATED]
Fifty-two-year-old Ronald Wagenhoffer, who worked for the Department of Licenses and Inspections for 16 years, was found dead last night in his car in Roxborough. […]
Eighth Street Wall Collapse: God to Be Arrested Any Minute?
A dividing wall at 606 S. Eighth collapsed this morning, leaving eight people displaced though none injured or dead, which marks a significant improvement over […]
Building Collapse News: Demo Contractors Are Licensed Without Training or Exams
Griffin-Campbell Construction, the contractor for 2140 Market Street, was listed on the demolition permit that was granted to the project’s expeditor, L&I spokesperson Maura Kennedy […]