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Article: Structurally unsound
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- September 30, 2009
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The future of Gartley Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus, might be as fluid as the porous soil it sits on.
University of Hawaii students Mei Sze, left, and Michal Cerdova peeked into the basement of Gartley Hall on the Manoa campus yesterday. Timbers and pipes can be seen shoring up the 88-year-old building.
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Underground water has undermined the building's foundation and seeped into the support columns in the 88-year-old structure, administrators said.
The extent of the problem is still being determined but is serious enough to prompt the UH-Manoa administration to close the building and move students and faculty out.
"This ...