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When we returned to the site later, random surviving objects oriented us: the small cast-iron bedside table, fallen from the second floor to a spot near the fireplace directly beneath it.

The house includes a romantic wallpapered bedroom and bathroom on the second floor and a kitchen on the ground floor featuring checkerboard tile floors and a soft fabric skirt to balance the marble slab countertops and backsplash.

Architect Susan Nwankpa Gillespie designed the exterior of the second floor of the ADU with kente cloth in mind.

Murakami and other city officials were trained to evacuate to the second floor, but the 40-foot wall of water that Murakami saw approaching was threatening to swallow the entire three-story structure.

They sit at modest desks at opposite ends of a large open newsroom; on the second floor is a small hall where the company used to hold community forums and concerts but now mostly sits empty.