History of Greenfield: Difference between revisions

On July 14th, 1994 an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale struck the Santa Ynez fault near Ashfield. The quake severely damaged many of the city's freeways, most notably the I-405 bridge collapse between downtown Greenfield and Ashfield. It also severely altered the skyline, with the collapse of the 30 story Bank Of Despair Tower. The eartquake killed 203 people and caused $42 billion in damage, making it the costliest earthquake in american history. The destructive earthquake would halt many ongoing projects and made the city go into a short decline up untill the early 2000s.