Building owner wanted to own the whole block and raze it
Much of the block is shown where a building undergoing demolition collapsed on a Salvation Army thrift store on Wednesday morning. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY
Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron joins us for a look at the history of the area on Market Street around the building that collapsed this week.
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