In addition, downtown was home to 48 additional buildings that received yellow tags, which allow limited entry to buildings. During the course of the day, city officials had moved three more buildings to limited-entry status. The Martin Building at 505 Washington Street was moved to yellow status. The Lynch Building at 501 Fourth Avenue E. and the Heilig Meyer building at 705 Fourth Avenue E. were moved to red status. Officials removed traffic barricades along Washington Street from Fifth Avenue to Legion Way and moved four buildings from yellow to green status.
Green status allows normal access.
Despite the good news, questions linger. Days ahead For 45 seconds, the earth trembled. Sidewalks, walls and windows buckled, crashed and crumbled. Olympia was humbled. It could be a matter of days until full access is restored to some structures, as building officials slog through the laundry list of structural evaluations, city Community Development Coordinator Ken Black said.