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Morning Headlines: Building Collapse 911 Calls Released

Getting a late start this morning, so let’s just jump right in with the latest in real estate-related news: • Oh, Come On: Philly No. […]

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Remember How We Told You That Basically Anyone Can Be a Demolition Contractor Because There Are So Few Requirements? Well, the One Requirement You ABSOLUTELY Need Is the One the Contractor on the 22nd and Market Job Didn’t Have. Of Course.

Insurer In 22nd and Market Building Collapse Says Coverage Void [Philly Post]

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Morning Headlines: L&I Inspector Who Killed Himself Was Tormented

Inquirer staff writer Julia Terruso filed a superb story this weekend offering an inside look at the state of mind of Ronald Wagenhoffer, the L&I […]

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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, […]

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Philly: “A City With a Rich History of Municipal Incompetence.” But for Once We’re Not Alone.

In Next City, Patrick Kerkstra makes Philly negative exceptionalists feel better by pointing out that while Philadelphia demolition regulations are, indeed, lax, it’s far from […]

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Philly: “A City With a Rich History of Municipal Incompetence.” But for Once We’re Not Alone.

In Next City, Patrick Kerkstra makes Philly negative exceptionalists feel better by pointing out that while Philadelphia demolition regulations are, indeed, lax, it’s far from […]

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Unions: That Building Wouldn’t Have Collapsed on Our Watch

Since the building collapse at 22nd and Market, the building trades union, represented by Pat Gillespie, have been saying that if union labor had been […]

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Seeing Double: Another Hoagie City, This One Intact

One of the most iconic things about the Hoagie City building that collapsed last week–perhaps the only iconic thing about it–was its sign, the one […]

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L&I Spokesperson Maura Kennedy Is One Smart Lady

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Lawyer Who Battled Basciano: “His Pitch Was That He Was Working to Change Things.”

Attorney Steven Wigrizer and Richard Basciano will probably be crossing paths–again. Basciano is the owner of the building that collapsed and killed six people in […]

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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 […]

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Building Collapse: Does It Matter Than Sean Benschop Tested Positive for Pot?

One of the reasons Sean Benschop was arrested and charged was because he was allegedly operating a vehicle while impaired–there was marijuana detected in his […]

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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. […]

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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. […]

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DA Seth Williams: “Philadelphians Have No Shortage of Opinions” [UPDATED]

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams is giving a press conference announcing that a grand jury will be convened to “investigate any and all aspects that […]