A portion of the Schenuit Rubber Tire Factory building in Woodberry, the site of one of the city’s earliest textile mills and the future site of a self-storage facility, collapsed last night.

Neighbors said the collapse took place at about 8:30 p.m. and that its proximity to the tracks temporarily halted Light Rail service.

By mid-morning today, Light Rail service had resumed, but workers were keeping the public away from the badly damaged three-story brick structure.

The fallen-in middle section of the graffiti-tagged industrial building, whose address is 1750-1760 Union Avenue, could clearly be seen from Clipper Road

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