User:Kusma/sandbox/東星大樓

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Tunghsing Building or Dongxing Building (Chinese: 東星大樓; pinyin: Dōngxīng Dàlóu, East Star Building) is the name of two buildings at the same place in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The original building was destroyed by the 1999 Jiji earthquake. It was the only building in Taipei to be completely destroyed by the quake, with all 87 Taipei fatalities residents of the building. A new building in the same place was opened on August 29, 2009.

First building[edit]

The collapsed old building, September 1999

The original Tunghsing Building was a 12-story building completed in 1984.[1] The architect was Chang Tung-Hsin (張宗炘).[2] It was a mixed-use building including a bank, apartments, and a hotel,[3] the Sungshan Hotel (松山賓館).[4] Some media reports assumed the entire building was the Sungshan Hotel.[5][6]

On September 21, 1999, at 1:47 AM local time, Taiwan was struck by the 1999 Jiji earthquake.[7] The Tunghsing building was completely destroyed although most buildings near it were undamaged.[5] It was the only building in Taipei to be completely destroyed by the quake, and all 87 Taipei fatalities were residents of the building.[8] After the bottom stories folded, the rest of the building collapsed and fell, crushing the nearby Haomen building (豪門世家).[9]Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page). A fire from a gas leak was doused with water. Over 100 people were rescued from the wreckage.[9] The two brothers Sun Chi-kuang and Sun Chi-fong were rescued from the rubble almost 130 hours after the earthquake, having survived by eating rotten apples and drinking their own urine.[10]

Court cases[edit]

indictment including lawmaker [11] codes not well developed at time of building [12]

substandard construction [13]

file suit against Hung Kuo group [14]

city government has to pay [15][16]

substandard construction [17]

New building[edit]

The new building in 2016

A new building in the same place was opened on August 29, 2009.[7]

The new building is located at No. 660, Section 4, Bade Road [zh], Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan (臺北市松山區八德路四段660號).

completed [18][19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 蔡亞樺 (November 13, 2011). "苦等12年 東星受災戶 領到權狀｜蘋果新聞網｜蘋果日報" [After 12 years, Dongxing disaster victims receive ownership certificates]. Apple Daily (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Chen, Yen-ting; Chung, Jake (October 4, 2014). "Court orders 921 quake payment". Taipei Times. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Chang, Chia-Ming; Lee, Li-Ching; Connor, Kathryn M.; Davidson, Jonathan R. T.; Jeffries, Keith; Lai, Te-Jen (June 2003). "Posttraumatic Distress and Coping Strategies among Rescue Workers after an Earthquake". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 191 (6): 391–398. ISSN 0022-3018.
  4. ^ Hsu, Brian; Ide, William (September 22, 1999). "Quake of the century". Taipei Times. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Usborne, David (September 22, 1999). "Taiwan Earthquake: Gawpers stop and stare at a tragedy that is yet unfinished". The Independent. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Kifner, John (September 21, 1999). "Taiwan Quake Kills Hundreds; Thousands Trapped or Injured". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Mo, Yan-chih (August 31, 2009). "FEATURE: Tunghsing Building rebuilt but losses, anger linger". Taipei Times. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (September 20, 2000). "921 rescue teams get city welcome". Taipei Times. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Chu, Monique (September 22, 1999). "Dozens still trapped beneath the hotel rubble". Taipei Times. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  10. ^ Chu, Monique (September 27, 1999). "Tunghsing rescue arouses hopes". Taipei Times. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  11. ^ "Five Indicted in Collapse of Hotel". November 9, 1999. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  12. ^ "Taipei Times". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "Remembering the 921 earthquake - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "Tunghsing Building residents file suit - Taipei Times". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  15. ^ "Taipei must pay damages - Taipei Times". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  16. ^ "Taipei Times". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "Ethics needed to ensure standards - Taipei Times". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "漫長重建! 東星住戶等了10年" (in Chinese). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  19. ^ "Toppled on 921, Tunghsing Building is back on its feet - Taipei Times". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
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