What happened IRL, fire, explosion, earthquake ?

My only guess would be structural failure due to long-term neglect. Probably water seeping into the mortar between the bricks freezing and thawing, and causing it to crumble over time, eventually weakening a portion of the wall to the point of it being unstable. A strong windstorm might have helped it along. There was no charring on the wood inside and the area isn't earthquake prone though.

Just goes to show the power of nature, eh ?

Yep! Leave anything to neglect for a long enough time and nature will eventually reclaim it.

( or )

It happened due to some huge fur sheadin' thier winter pelt, well, one small tuft of it anyway

Lol I think I know who that might be....

I told the set designer he wasn't finished.

lol maybe he ran out of bricks?

now let go inside and search for what we didn't lose

LOL!

LOL thank you!

ha. I know... er, knew :( that building... Gone now.

I saw. Was sad not to see it this year

There was a distillery there at one time and that was the warehouse, I'm told. The wooden racks held barrels of spirits :)

After a bad rain, something subsided there and it started coming down. That's a low spot and always had water problems from a creek out back.

There are still some fairly neat buildings around Bmore :)

Oh awesome. I was wondering about all the wooden shelving. And yeah, I love Baltimore. Lots of nice buildings there