San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 82
ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER mi^. MEXICO CITYEARTHQUAKE (From Page 3) LOTTERY BUILDING, ot righton mat foundation, is 18 sto-ries high, steel frame and con-crete walls, suffered no dam-age. Reforma No. 1, at left, builtbefore 1941, was damagedconsiderably. … Most buildings up to three or four stories high arebuilt on spread footings or mats using a soil pressure ofabout 2-JOO^/n. Settlements of many feet occurredon some of the older structures. My first reaction in Mexico City was that the effectsof this quake were much less severe, but also…
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