A Brief History of: The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse (Short Documentary)
Channel: Plainly Difficult
Date: 2021-01-30

#collapse #disaster 

On July 17, 1981, two walkways collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Kansas City hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, one directly above the other. They crashed onto a tea dance being held in the hotel's lobby, causing destruction beyond belief. 

This was caused by a poor design choice leading to a walkway collapse. The event would become a vital lesson in design taught to architects the world over.

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