Demolition News

MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – A huge pile of debris remains seemingly untouched on 57th Street and Collins Avenue on Miami Beach one week after a building collapse. What was supposed to be a demolition of the 1960-era Marlborough House Condominium instead became an unexpected implosion that critically injured one man. “I don’t think that the […]

The former headquarters of The Record newspaper, once housed at 150 River St. in Hackensack, is slated for demolition. Naval museum on newspaper property evicted Representatives from Macromedia Inc., the company that owns the building, said demolition is expected in September, once asbestos is fully removed from the buildings and necessary permits are obtained. The […]

Cortlandt Manor: Demolish Building 124, Camp Smith Training Site, 11 Bear Mountain Bridge Road (Westchester County). Estimated C: $2,000,000 – $3,000,000. ) Camp Smith is a New York Army National Guard installation. The camp, formally known as Camp Townsend was established in 1882 by General Frederick Townsend, Adjutant General of New York. The training site […]

The former Marlborough House condominium building in Miami Beach collapsed Monday morning, injuring one, according to Miami Beach police. Debris spread across Collins Avenue caused the main north-south artery through Miami Beach to be shut down in both directions from 41st to 63rd streets on Monday morning. By the early afternoon, Collins Avenue had reopened […]

SUNNYVALE — Underneath the bulging eyeball that overlooks a road into Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park, a sign advises: “Slow Down.” But the pace of activity under its watchful gaze has been anything but slow over the past year, as one resident after another has packed their bags and departed, leaving behind memories of neighbors […]

Demolition was expected to begin next Tuesday on a South Loop building that records and historic information show once served as a bootleg brewery for Al Capone. A demolition permit was granted for July 11, giving the building’s current owner permission to demolish buildings in the 2200 block of South Lumber Street, near West Cermak […]

RACINE — The demolition and cleanup of nearly 27 acres of old, industrial Downtown properties will soon commence to create a clear redevelopment area and refurbished riverfront. The demolition bids for the Water Street Redevelopment Area — including what was once called Machinery Row — were opened Friday morning. The low bidder was Veit & […]

BENWOOD, W.Va. The rising prices for recycled metal could lead the demolition of an abandoned bridge in West Virginia. The Intelligencer of Wheeling reports the privately-owned Bellaire Bridge has been the subject of a long-running legal dispute. Benwood officials have wanted the bridge to come down. But the owner has declared bankruptcy. The city has […]

Demolition work began on a major freeway connector ramp in Long Beach, part of the replacement project for the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge. Several large excavators equipped with jackhammers and claws are tearing down the elevated ramp that connects eastbound Ocean Boulevard to the northbound 710 Freeway. The demolition marks the project’s final long-term road […]

Oklahoma City: First National Center is turning into one of the more unique redevelopments in the history of downtown, with demolition underway on part of the complex while construction has started in the same space. Demolition of the 1971 First National annex facing Broadway has been underway for the past couple of weeks, but until […]