French Quarter Historic Building Collapses

New Orleans is known to all as the Big Easy

But in the French Quarter the residents are now  a little queasy

When it comes to wear and tear on structures it is the Big Hard

Age and decay due to historic site status are not barred

A 210 year old three story brick and cypress building has just collapsed into the street

Humidity, age and termites bringing it to structural defeat

Fortunately no one was injured or killed

But the Big Easy may be facing a serious safety lack of inspection will

The Vieux Carre has but one city inspector who can only look at the exterior

While the years of age make the structures in Vieux Carre wearier and wearier

Historic structures, some of the oldest in the nation, may face a lot more collapse

Failing to have an active building safety inspection department seems a serious engineering lapse

© November 16, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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