The May Company store which was in Whittier , California , at The Quad at Whittier opened in 1965 and closed on March 31 , 1987 , just six months before the Whittier Narrows earthquake which took place at 7:42 a.m. October 1 , 1987 . The store 's three-level parking structure fell almost flat to the ground as a result of this quake , and the store itself suffered internal damage but remained intact until its controlled implosion ( via dynamite ) a few years later
Whittier Narrows earthquake
1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake
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