A memorial for the hundreds of people killed last week in a roof collapse in Santo Domingo continues to grow in the square outside the United Palace Theatre in Washington Heights.

“It’s devastating. It’s so big, it’s like the roof fell on all of us,” said Jorge “Tuto” Taveras, director of content creation at the United Palace Theatre.

Taveras, who is also a musician, has performed at the theater, which has hosted major Latino artists over the years — including Rubby Pérez, a legend in the Dominican music world.

Pérez was performing at the Jet Set Club in Santo Domingo on April 8 when the roof collapsed, killing him and hundreds of others. Taveras had performed with Pérez in the past.

“People that died were close to us — the musicians in that band — I played with them. It’s like it coul

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