Busy street remains closed amid partial collapse of downtown Dayton building
A structural engineer will decide if streets in downtown Dayton can reopen after a building facade hundreds of feet in the air gave way over the weekend.
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News Center 7's Mike Campbell will have the latest on this developing story and the safety concern tonight on News Center 7 at 5:00.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, the facade of the tower at 34 N. Main Steet, next to the Stratacache Tower, began to break off and fall on Saturday.
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Firefighters and police blocked off the block of Main Street between E. Second and E. Third Streets on Saturday afternoon and those barricades remain in place.
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