Amelia Elementary School in Cincinnati, Ohio was built in 1930 and has seen generations of children come through the doors. Tearing down a school so full of memories is bittersweet for the community residents who came out to watch, but overall, the mood was happy and hopeful. The new school will have state-of-the-art technology and [...]
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Former Paper Building Could Come Down Next Spring
Dayton city officials said recently that a company has purchased the old Howard Paper Company building. Garrett Day, LLC of Lexington, Kentucky bought the asbestos-ridden building that has become a home for vagrants and drug activity. Demolition will begin next spring following asbestos abatement. The city will request a grant from the Clean Ohio Revitalization [...]
Former Youngstown Sheet & Tube Building Comes Down
Once the largest independently owned steel operation in the country, Youngstown Sheet & Tube closed its Brier Hill, Ohio operations in the late 1970s. Now the building that headquartered the industrial company is coming down piece by piece, starting with the sandstone slab bearing the company name. Workers tore out the asbestos materials from inside [...]
129-year-old Hotel Comes Down In Kansas City
The historic Cosby Hotel building might have been spared demolition if not for the severe 2009 winter weather. The 129-year-old building was originally slated for renovation, but the winter weather, followed by a wet spring, caused so much damage to the brick façade that city officials decided to order the building demolished. The Cumberland Redevelopment [...]
Furniture Store Building From 1930s Burns Down
The Maness Furniture at 306 E. Main in Kilgore, Texas recently went up in a blaze so hot it melted the steel beams, causing the building to collapse on itself. Fire departments responded from nearby Overton, Sabine and Crim’s Chapel to help the Kilgore fire department contain the blaze, and off-duty Kilgore firefighters were called [...]
Staring Down The Dragon
Product DescriptionWhen Rell DeMello went back to Kailua High after being treated for cancer, some kids called her brave; some said she was a hero. But, Rell didn’t want to be a hero, she wanted to be normal, “Rell before cancer.” Besides… More >> Staring Down the Dragon
Former Denver Marriott Comes Down
The former Marriott Hotel at Hampden Avenue and Interstate 25 in Denver, Colorado was demolished in June. Alpine Demolition wrecking crews rolled out on June 21 to begin demolishing the building, which was built in 1973. When the building went up, it was at the edge of town, but today the town has grown out [...]
Unsafe Parking Garage Comes Down In Middletown
The garage in the center of downtown Middletown, Ohio is convenient, but the old parking structure is in such bad shape the city has decided to tear it down. The first part of the project has already begun. A fence was put up around the building and workers are conducting asbestos abatement to remove contaminate [...]
Former Chrysler Plant Coming Down To Become A Research Facility
The old Chrysler auto assembly plant in Newark, New Jersey will be renovated as a research and technology facility. The renovation project of the 3.4 million square feet will include asbestos abatement, recycling and safe disposal of building materials. The list of contractors under consideration has been narrowed to six. The criteria for selection included [...]
Former Florida Work Camp To Come Down
The old Road and Bridge yard work camp building was once used to house inmates and later used for storage, but Jackson County, Florida authorities have decided that it’s time for the building to come down. The building appears to be sound, but County Administrator Ted Lakey expressed the fear that children might wander into [...]