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XanaDUer2

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3. Sad one is dead

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:16 AM

Jun 2021

I'm familiar with that area. Those hotels and buildings make what we call condo canyon on Collins. They didn't want peons on the "private" beaches for each building. Totally over built area ruined the natural area and vieW.

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How many of these Condos were built with money from the Cocaine Cowboys [View all] malaise Jun 2021 OP

Here comes the theories. BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #1

Theories? malaise Jun 2021 #4

Yes, drug money fueled Miami XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #5

Built in 1981. Butterflylady Jun 2021 #34

So cut to the chase: tell us what it was. marble falls Jun 2021 #29

Cocaine Cowboys by Jan Hammer Earth-shine Jun 2021 #2

Thanks malaise Jun 2021 #7

Sad one is dead XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #3

One? malaise Jun 2021 #6

One XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #10

Don't many snowbirds lease their places out to vacationers in summer? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2021 #18

Yes because one man said his friends from Argentina are missing and malaise Jun 2021 #22

And in the middle of the night.... dawg day Jun 2021 #32

They had no chance malaise Jun 2021 #35

About 50 reported missing, if I remember correctly from this morning. JHB Jun 2021 #45

Frightening malaise Jun 2021 #46

All of them superpatriotman Jun 2021 #8

Truth be told the corrupt don't give a shit about us peons malaise Jun 2021 #39

Building finished 1 year before new regulations on safety checks. machoneman Jun 2021 #9

I posted this in another thread, but lack of maintenance seems to be the most likely candidate Amishman Jun 2021 #11

Supposedly there was a building inspector on the roof the day before... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #12

The 40 year malaise Jun 2021 #15

Thanks man malaise Jun 2021 #20

I wouldn't call myself an expect Amishman Jun 2021 #25

LOL malaise Jun 2021 #26

The Mayor got me thinking malaise Jun 2021 #13

I suspect the collapse was caused by a sinkhole, probably the result of rising sea levels making sop Jun 2021 #14

Virtually the whole peninsula is a potential sinkhole... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #16

Same shit here malaise Jun 2021 #17

Money talks...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #19

DeathSentence on now n/t malaise Jun 2021 #21

it's 7-11 feet above sea level XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #30

No, it was probably galvanic corrosion of the reinforcing steel in the building's concrete. Towlie Jun 2021 #28

Sea air is hella corrosive to most types of steel/iron... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #31

I lived in a waterfront condo on Brickell where all the balconies facing Biscayne Bay, supported sop Jun 2021 #33

Curious: Did you get a better deal from the moonscape Jun 2021 #47

Everyone got much higher offers from the development company that purchased the property. sop Jun 2021 #48

Putting modernity aside, I surely would have preferred moonscape Jun 2021 #49

Things that make you go .... Hmmmmm UpInArms Jun 2021 #23

Precisely malaise Jun 2021 #27

The drug dealers weren't building these condos, they were just laundering their cash through a sop Jun 2021 #38

The "boom" before the S&L bust UpInArms Jun 2021 #40

Thanks for this malaise Jun 2021 #43

Wonderful summation XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #41

Nailed it malaise Jun 2021 #42

For reference, here's a Google Street View of the building that collapsed. Towlie Jun 2021 #24

Watch this malaise Jun 2021 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jun 2021 #37

Wonder if the Coke Cowboys are legally responsible/liable for their collapsing crack stacks? Blue Owl Jun 2021 #44