Masonry Magazine April 1986 Page. 36
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Part of the building northwest of Pino Suarez complex, on 20th of November Street. A partial corner collapse occurred, due to hammering from adjacent buildings (Fig. 3).
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Ministry of Labor building (Figs. 4-5). This was an eight-story reinforced concrete frame building, without much ductile detailing. The column-slab connections pulled apart. In Fig. 5 the infilled-frame building shown to the right is still standing, even though it is five feet out of plumb at the top.
FIG. 2: Collapsed building (south) near the Pino Suarez complex on Fray Servando Street.
FIG. 4: Eight-story concrete frame Ministry of Labor building completely collapsed. The flexible, non-ductile frame failed to resist the shaking of the earthquake.
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FIG. 3: Part of a building northwest of Pino Suarez complex, 20 De Noviembre Street.
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FIG. 5: Collapsed Ministry of Labor building. Many people lost their lives in this brittle frame structure. Note shear wall building to the right is standing even though it was five feet out of plumb at the top.
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The Corner of Vertiz and Liceaga. This 17-story frame collapsed completely (Fig. 6). It had just been completed, and was still unoccupied. This structure was constructed without any ductile detailing.
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The Bank of Mexico building bounded by Hidalgo, Valerio Trey and Reforma, still under construction. Columns failed at the 3rd and 4th floor levels. The intermediate infilled columns were reinforced, and were not connected to the beams.