After collapsing on Wednesday, crews are working to demolish a parking garage in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry neighborhood. Once demolition begins, the city’s Office of Emergency Management is warning neighbors to expect noise and lots of activity on April 11. Officials are also recommendin g that neighbors keep their windows closed. Once the demolition happens, officials say they can start trying to recover the bodies of the two workers presumed dead. City leaders are planning to hold a community meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 11 at the Vare Recreation Center located at 2601 Moore Street to answer questions about the collapse and demolition. CHOP parking garage collapse The collapse happened near the intersection of 30th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 8 at 2:17 p.m. and killed at least one other person and injured two others, officials have said. Two others had been considered unaccounted for and then presumed dead on Thursday night, according to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker. Officials said the collapse occurred after a concrete segment failed while it was being installed. The parking garage is part of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s plan to expand employee parking, which has sparked controversy. Back in February, local residents protested the construction of the garage, claiming it would increase traffic congestion, harm the environment and affect public health. However, after the collapse on Wednesday, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said the building had all the needed inspections and the project had all eight required permits for construction and they were all up to date. In fact, NBC10’s Investigators took a look at HSC Builders Construction Managers, the company tasked with this construction project, and did not find any major lawsuits or violations. HSC Builders Construction Managers released the following statement: “HSC Builders and Construction Managers is devastated by the stair tower collapse at the CHOP project on April 8, 2026. We express our deepest sympathies for the injured and deceased workers and their families. We make significant efforts each and every day to ensure safe and secure jobsites for our workers, subcontractors and the public in general. We have never experienced a collapse or failure in the company’s history. Our immediate mission is to do whatever we can to aid the deceased workers and their families. We acknowledge and greatly appreciate the leadership and extraordinary efforts of Mayor Parker, the team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the City of Philadelphia and Authorities having jurisdiction. We continue to gather all relevant information to better understand what caused the failure. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.” Early Thursday, PAWS Philly, who have a shelter/clinic next to the parking garage said that no animals were harmed in the collapse and had been evacuated. Preparing for demolition Crews spent all day on Friday, April 10 preparing to demolish the CHOP parking garage, city leaders explained. Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson explained that crews are ready with dust control for when the demolition begins. Contractors worked to install vibration monitors to make sure more damage doesn’t happen. “We are not going to hurt anybody else or worse. Which is why we are not doing this demolition tonight and it is going to be followed up by a laborious recovery operation that will end with hand digging if necessary,” Managing Director Thiel said. A specific timeline for the demolition was unavailable because officials do not know how the building will respond to their efforts to bring it down, Commissioner Thompson said. For the latest updates from the city of Philadelphia on the collapse, please click here. This is a developing story. Check back here for updates. ...read more read less