City built on Rock and Roll ‘may not be structurally sound’
Concerns are growing regarding certain building practices in the mid-1980s in which traditional building foundations such as reinforced concrete or solid bedrock were eschewed for a modern genre of popular music. Urban planners recall how in 1985 that Los Angeles was looking to rebuild large parts of the city and considered a number of bids from architectects and experienced building corporations. However to everyone’s surprise the contract to rebuild the city went to the aging white rock band ‘Starship.’
Posted: May 4th, 2009
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