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take you back years and paint a picture, tell you the story. so like you mentioned this goes back to the 1980s when this building was under construction not just the one that collapsed but the north sister building. at that point their permits were pulled. construction was halted for a very short period of time because of a code violation. so what was the code violation? they added a penthouse that was not on the original plans and that put the building above the 12 story limit. now, john you and i know you add a penthouse to each one of these buildings it will add significant weight. what happened, of course, the building was constructed. a week later the contractors went to the city council and city council granted them an exception allowing them to continue construction and the city said they were going to do the inspections, of course, because of the added weight. and now we re learning about

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