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Bethlehem Steel Administration Building Demolition Starts [Now On Hold]
May 24, 2012
9:24 AM
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lonking;17379 said:
It is really a pity to tear down a historic building.

lonking, it is an old steel mill. the place locked up and ruined the town in a matter of 90 days. that was 30 years ago and since has been nothing but a reminder that 75k people lost there jobs in 3 months. time for it to go. if there was anyone who had any other use for the place i am sure they would have bought it before this. the entire area if full of this old industrial buildings. there is nothing historical about it other then it is old.

May 24, 2012
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Demolition of the building has been temporarily put on hold. And the City of Lackawanna is now taking the building's owner, Gateway Trade Center, to court again June 21 for not moving quickly enough to demolish the building.

May 22, 2012
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Here's some of the back story - fixBuffalo: Bethlehem Steel North Office Demolition - Part I

The official City of Lackawanna line - "It's too far gone" is at odds with the photographic record. There is no floor or roof collapse.

May 22, 2012
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Hughdawrecker;17357 said:
i know that building well. has there been any talk about the soil contamination?

I haven't heard of any yet.

May 21, 2012
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It is really a pity to tear down a historic building.

May 18, 2012
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i know that building well. has there been any talk about the soil contamination? i know that most the old steel plants in that area have left some nasty brownfields in there wake. lets hope the state does the complete job and not just the building removal

May 18, 2012
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Demolition is starting on the the Beaux Arts style building, built in 1902. The structure is located on the former Bethlehem Steel's Lake Erie waterfront complex in Lackawanna, NY. The building has been vacant for 30 years.

The City of Lackawanna recently obtained a court order forcing the owner of the vacant 101-year-old building to tear it down. Stating that is was in horrible shape and disrepair.

Empire Dismantlement of Grand Island, NY is doing the demolition.

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