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It’s still lights out at Fort Lauderdale City Hall. The fate of the 1960s-era building remains unknown four weeks after a 1,000-year rainstorm flooded its basement with 8 feet of
It’s still lights out at Fort Lauderdale City Hall.
Experts are still evaluating whether the old gray bunker can be saved. If they declare the building a total loss, there’s a proposal for a new City Hall waiting in the wings. Renderings show a spaceship-like mirrored building up to 388 feet high, with as many as 18 floors.
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If all those old homes and buildings were up to current code and built on higher ground, developers think the flooding might not have been as bad.
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Water doesn’t flow through concrete and it doesn’t flow through asphalt. If Fort Lauderdale had less concrete and asphalt, the flooding wouldn’t have been nearly as bad, experts say.