Memorial honors victims of Center City building collapse

Tuesday, June 5, 2018
CENTER CITY (WPVI) -- It has been five years since a building collapsed at 22nd and Market streets in Center City, killing six people in the heavy rubble.



On Tuesday, a memorial park was dedicated to those victims at the site of their tragic deaths.
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A dozen other people were also injured, when a building under demolition fell onto the Salvation Army store next door.

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The memorial includes three tall granite stones with the victims' names etched onto them.

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