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With next to no notice to the affected community, city and state officials decided late last year to make a former Best Western hotel, located amid lakefront high-rises, into a permanent shelter housing up to 750 people.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Everyone agrees that safety is paramount for high-rise condominiums located near salt water.
—Bruce Strom, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
Structural beams, columns and slabs held up, despite extreme shaking and swaying of some high-rises.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Photo Gallery Myanmar quake, day 3 An earthmover clears the debris at the site of an under-construction high-rise building that collapsed on Friday after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March, 30, 2025.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Everyone agrees that safety is paramount for high-rise condominiums located near salt water.
—Bruce Strom, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
Structural beams, columns and slabs held up, despite extreme shaking and swaying of some high-rises.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Photo Gallery Myanmar quake, day 3 An earthmover clears the debris at the site of an under-construction high-rise building that collapsed on Friday after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March, 30, 2025.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rise. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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