We just had a building collapse at 22nd and Market in Philly....

[PCIntern]

multiple injuries and people apparently still trapped...

this is 6 blocks from me...

6abc.com

[William769]

1. It's teh Gays fault!

Why not everything else is.

ETA: This really is dripping with sarcasm, and should be well known who it's aimed at.

[jberryhill]

13. In fairness, it was above the "Titan Room"

The building which collapsed is next to a place with several floors of porn, with the basement billed as the "Titan Room"

Google earthview here:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=philadelphia&ll=39.953976,-75.176416&spn=0.00065,0.001032&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=39.953976,-75.176416&panoid=yxBC69vN_eA5diAXbjT8lQ&cbp=12,187.51,,0,0.53

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Just breaking on CNN.com. nt

[maddezmom]

3. CNN is saying 8-10 people trapped according to fire dept.

[RagAss]

4. Firemen appear to be digging feverishly with their hands to remove rubble.

[Octafish]

5. Wear a mask if you're going near there to help.

Old buildings...asbestos...lead paint...be safe, Doctor.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. They won't let lookie looks near bye

And media should as well.

[Egalitarian Thug]

18. Just plain embarrassing...

[uppityperson]

24. yup

[libodem]

6. OMG!

This sounds horrible.

[maddezmom]

7. ABC link

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9127882

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. They need a USAR...

Urban Search and Rescue...

And from the video they do, good

[Jennicut]

9. Scary. An adjacent building was set for demolition, per fire officials.

8 people taken to hospital, 5 in serious condition, per CNN. Mayor Nutter will speak soon.

[maddezmom]

11. CBS is reporting the building was being demolished

PHILADELPHIA Emergency crews are at the scene of a building collapse in Philadelphia, and the fire commissioner says as many as eight to 10 people are believed trapped in the rubble.

Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says search and rescue teams are on the scene working to find those trapped.

CBS station KYW was over the scene where rescue crews, including firefighters, were assisting people who were trapped under the rubble.

There is no word on exactly what caused the building to collapse.

The collapse happened at a building at 22nd and Market Street in Center City, CBS Philadelphia reported. The building was reportedly being demolished at the time of the collapse, the station reported.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57587795/philadelphia-building-collapses-reports-of-people-trapped/

[HiPointDem]

20. the building was being demolished at the time of the collapse but they don't know why it

collapsed? what?

[maddezmom]

21. Most likely it was supposed to collapse in the other direction into

The vacant lot of a formally demolished building.

[HiPointDem]

22. did you look at the photos? i don't see any vacant lot.

[maddezmom]

23. Yes, the google earth photos are old. The adult video store was already demolished.

[HiPointDem]

25. ok, but the point is, the building didn't just 'collapse'. it collapsed as it was being demolished

& apparently it was being demolished unsafely, if comments are to be believed, e.g.:

Ball_O_Confusion says:
We were in Philly a few days ago and were riding the Phlash bus past this site. My wife and I were taken aback by the lack of a safety perimeter, protection for passing pedestrians, and the fact that the sidewalk was open to pedestrians as brickwork was being torn down mere feet away. Bricks were hanging precariously and were spread all over the sidewalk. This was all happening out in the open, so we figured that these practices must be within the Philadelphia municipal safety specs. Seemed very dicey to me though. Hope they get that guy out alive and that the injured recover ok.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57587795/philadelphia-building-collapses-reports-of-people-trapped/

[maddezmom]

26. Look at the time stamp on my post this was early this am when it was breaking

Much much is in the media now.

[HiPointDem]

30. i'm saying it didn't collapse until well into the demolition process. which suggests they did it

wrong, unsafely.

the building didn't just collapse on its own because it was old.

[maddezmom]

31. Yes of course

I didn't say otherwise.

[jberryhill]

12. Next to the porn place with the neon signs

[kenny blankenship]

16. Apparently, God's aim isn't what it used to be.

I guess the Rev. Pats out there can pass it off as an act of mercy, a mere warning shot instead of the full Brimstone treatment. "Oh no folks, God doesn't miss easy shots like this. This time was but a warning: cease from sin, Ye Wicked, or else. Next time - BAM! - the building will collapse right on the dildo aisle!"

[JaneyVee]

14. Before & After pics

[TorchTheWitch]

29. wow! I used to work just a couple of buildings down the street

That was back in the early 90's. I used to walk over to that thrift shop on my lunch hour a lot having nothing much else to do. I got a great pair of black Timberland boots there for around $5 that were brand new, and they lasted me nearly a dozen years. I don't know what that building was that collapsed though. I never meandered down 22nd Street but wandered up and down Market and Chestnut all the time at lunch time. I thought it was all pretty much apartments and stuff down 22nd. Come to think of it, I was right at that intersection coming out of the thrift shop when I first heard that Lady Diana had died.

[msanthrope]

15. im here at trader joes across atreet this is bad. mt

[maddezmom]

17. Fire commissioner just said they believe 2 people are trapped

[maddezmom]

19. One person died and 13 others hospitalized...search is still ongoing

Bringing in dogs or dogs are already there.

[malaise]

27. What really happened there?

Too sad

[lame54]

28. Public or private building

[pinboy3niner]

32. UPDATE: 14th survivor pulled from rubble of Philadelphia building

Associated Press
June 5, 2013, 9:47 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — Searchers found a woman buried beneath the rubble of a collapsed building early Thursday and took her to a hospital.

Philadelphia Deputy Fire Chief Robert Coyne said 61-year-old Myra Plekam was pulled from the debris more than 12 hours after the building collapsed. She was awake and talking to rescuers, he said.

...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-philadelphia-building-collapse-rescue-20130605,0,5794223.story

[Fire Walk With Me]

33. One internet source says six are dead. Take care :(

[MadrasT]

34. I just saw that on NBC 10