Kim Calvert/Special to the Daily Press Construction for a new family housing project at 2601 Santa Monica Blvd. looked more like a sinkhole after rains dumped massive amounts of water in a pit dug for the building’s foundation. Construction supervisor R. Wheeler said everything was under control, that his team was pumping the water out. A depression in the sidewalk along Santa Monica Boulevard, which had caused the city to tape off the area, was not the result of rain damage at the site, according to Wheeler.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 22, 2005. Read the original PDF.