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by Henry Petroski (Author) "Shortly after the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel skywalks collapsed in 1981, one of my neighbors asked me how such a thing could happen..." (more)
Key Phrases: central transept, structural success, bridge failures, Crystal Palace, New York, Hyatt Regency (more...)
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