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This podcast is the one hour news conference held Tuesday May 30, 2023 around 11am inside the Davenport Police Department in downtown Davenport.
This is in the wake of the City belaying the demolition crews of the building known as The Davenport (formerly The Davenport Hotel) less than 48 hours after the Sunday afternoon partial collapse of the west side of 324 Main Street, which is a 1914 built building diagonally across the street from Davenport City Hall. Said building had as many as 50 residential tenants leasing apartments inside.
Due to the public pressure from displaced and concerned citizens amassing in a near mob like protests outside of City Hall early Tuesday morning, backing down the demolition crews.
The concerned citizens are crying foul due to the city claiming there was no one left inside the building early Monday, only to have a woman appear in a window Monday evening to be rescued.
Prior to this Tuesday news conference rumors were abound that two people who lived there were still missing and unaccounted for. Continue reading Tuesday May 30, 2023 City of Davenport News Conference re The Davenport Hotel Building Collapse