{"id":168712,"date":"2026-04-17T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168712\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:33:09","slug":"paws-reopens-after-deadly-parking-garage-collapse-in-grays-ferry-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168712\/","title":{"rendered":"PAWS reopens after deadly parking garage collapse in Grays Ferry \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) reopened its doors on Friday after being closed for days due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/grays-ferry-collapse\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deadly collapse of a parking garage in Grays Ferry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, April 16, PAWS staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilaAnimalWelfareSociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">posted an update on their Facebook<\/a> page to inform the community that they were resuming their normal services after the facility was deemed safe to access and Grays Ferry Avenue reopened.<\/p>\n<p>PAWS said while the reopening is an &#8220;important step forward,&#8221; the team and the whole community is still mourning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/video\/news\/local\/families-of-workers-killed-in-parking-garage-collapse-remember-their-loved-ones\/4384853\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">deaths of the three workers who lost their lives in the partial collapse<\/a> on April 8.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts remain with their loved ones and all those affected by this devastating loss,&#8221; the staff wrote.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilaAnimalWelfareSociety\/posts\/pfbid04B1M8M4SVttNuQWaYMBZdAnnY2YbuMXTrksSkc8Tcom9jt4okqm5Ntjem895eSe6l<\/p>\n<p>The organization also thanked the community for their support in safely evacuating every animal in the building and for those who stepped up to care for them during the closure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply grateful for your patience, compassion, and support over the past week,&#8221; PAWS said.<\/p>\n<p>Staff said as cleanup efforts continue at the demolition site, 30th Street remains closed, as does the 30th Street exit to the shelter&#8217;s parking lot. <\/p>\n<p>For that reason, PAWS encouraged visitors to enter and exit through their entrance on Grays Ferry Avenue. The facility doesn&#8217;t have full access to the parking lot, so parking spots are limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) reopened its doors on Friday after being closed for days due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26575,73236,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-168712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-grays-ferry","9":"tag-grays-ferry-collapse","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}