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Rock Hall Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
- Posted on Oct 30th 2012 12:25PM by Spinner
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According to a number of local reports, the 60-mph winds took off some siding on the upper levels of the Hall but it wasn't structural. Lake Erie threatened to top the flood walls, which could have led to damage at the hall, but luckily the surge stopped before things got worse.
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If there was a God, he would have wiped it of the face of the earth. I mean Madonna and the Beastie Boys? Run-DMC? Seriously?
October 31 2012 at 12:18 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyWoooooooooo! Whoopee! Big deal. Sorry, but there are a lot bigger stories out there today than a little damage to the R&RHOF. Being near Lake Erie it should have been built to withstand a lot more than a 60 MPH wind.
October 31 2012 at 11:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRon
I was the engineer working for Flour City Arch metals, who was the subcontractor for the vertical walls. United Sky did the pyramid. Both of these portions were engineered to withstand 30 to 50 psf [design pressure which translates to a 120 mph wind speed. There was a cladding failure onlur in the soffit under teh exhibit hall. It is clear that this was NOT engineered to withstand the same gale force. God only knows who the soffit contractor was.
The floor of the exhibit hall was never in any danger of failure. The soffit was a poorly constructed hung ceiling below this floor. Otherwise teh construction of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is sound. Especially the Aluminum Curtain wall that hangs off the side.
For your interest, the Architect was Pei Cobb adn Freed, and the primary structural engineer was Leslie E Robertson and Assoc. (of World Trade Center fame).
The failure was superficial and soffit cladding ONLY.
Wait until Rush gets inducted!!
October 31 2012 at 11:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes this mean that Cleveland is once again the toxic sewer pit that it was BEFORE the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame came to town?
October 31 2012 at 11:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'll assume you're from Pittspuke!
October 31 2012 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow that might take 2 hours to fix, if it's a union job 2 weeks. Run Toto Run
October 31 2012 at 10:58 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyGod that ruined my breakfast ,seeing kid rocks face,ewww
October 31 2012 at 10:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOK...so can we get back to the important carnage now ?....Jeeeeesh !
October 31 2012 at 10:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywell, gee, I bet the people in New Jersey are really upset about this!
October 31 2012 at 10:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyToo bad the building didn't blow into Lake Erie. This is by far the worst musuem I ever been inside. As a huge fan of rock n roll, the place was a COMPLETE disappointment.
October 31 2012 at 9:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhew! That was close!
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