SFGTV2 February 10, 2013
In 1909 there was no requirement for earthquake design. Until 1933 when the reilly act went into effect after the disastrous 1933 Santa Barbara long beach. Destroyed elementary schools. They were brick. If the kids were in school, we would have lost thousands of kids. That banned brick construction and required seismic designs to be incorporated in buildings. There was a major there are a number of thresholds over the course of the development. The big one is in the mid 70s, but a whole threshold, series of these thresholds. Many of the older buildings, like the 1 across the street have been u...