Post #651172 by aquarj on Fri, Sep 7, 2012 9:43 PM

This batch of photos is the spectacular Coco Palms lobby - jawdropping to get a sense for what it was, and sad to see what it is...

Looking from the outside, at the end that is collapsing :down:
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On the lower left you can see how the beam split, and above that, how it pulled away from the roof :down:
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Here you can see that first arch resting back on the second one :down:
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Now inside, on this whole side of the lobby the concave arches have turned convex (or something like that) :down:
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Turning toward the main desk :down:
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Like a ghost :down:
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Turning toward the other end of the lobby :down:
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On this side the giant arches still look reasonably intact with the original concave curve :down:
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Still more after this!

-Randy