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The state agency reimburses the Land Bank for invoices paid to contractors. About $258 million in federal Hardest Hit Funds have been earmarked for Detroit’s blight demolition program. Of that, about $144 million has been spent, city officials said recently. “While delays are to be expected, a year is not typical, which is why we […]
By The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — The tallest building in Kentucky’s capital city came crashing down in a controlled implosion Sunday, delighting thousands of onlookers who quickly scurried away to avoid the dust cloud that billowed overhead. Sunday’s demolition of the 28-story Capital Plaza Tower will make way for a new modern five-story office […]
The Real Deal spoke to a number of experts in demolition and interior construction to break down how JPMorgan will systematically remove a notable building from the congested skyline. By Kathryn Brenzel From the outside, the demolition of 270 Park Avenue will look like a painfully tame round of Jenga. Inside, crews will meticulously tear […]
With the crunch of an excavator’s clawed bucket, the Woods Hole Steamship Authority terminal began the messy process of being reduced to a pile of rubble on Monday afternoon. Until it was closed earlier this winter, the terminal housed ticket offices and crew facilities on the first floor and administrative offices on the second floor. […]
A judge halted the imminent demolition of the dilapidated California Theatre building downtown that was supposed to make way for a 40-story residential tower. The 2,200-seat theater, at Fourth Avenue and C Street, closed in 1990 and has fallen into disrepair. Developers Sloan Capital Partners bought the property in 2006 and said the theater was […]
An upcoming condo development across from the Chicago History Museum took a key step forward as demolition crews were given the all-clear to remove a pair of buildings at the southwest corner of Clark Street and North Avenue. The exterior of Old Town’s landmarked Village (previously Germania) Theater will be spared.City of Chicago Commission on […]
A man was seriously injured Tuesday when he fell through the floor of a dilapidated Brooklyn building while rooting around for construction materials, authorities said.Firefighters scrambled to free the 33-year-old treasure hunter from the crumbling basement of the Rutland Road building at Brooklyn Ave. in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens after the floor gave out at 12:30 p.m. […]
Shortly after JPMorgan Chase announced that they would be demolishing their Midtown Manhattan headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, preservationists, architects and critics railed against the move on social media and through letters to the city. Now, the U.S. and New York/Tri-State chapters of non-profit preservation group Docomomo have teamed up for a joint effort to […]
The Old City building ravaged by a fire last week will stand for a while longer to give investigators an opportunity to search the wreckage for clues to the blaze’s cause, officials said Sunday. Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections reported that work at properties adjacent to 239 Chestnut St. needed to be done before […]
From: architectsnewspaper.com Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) 270 Park Avenue, an international-styled glass-and-steel tower in Midtown Manhattan that Ada Louis Huxtable once described as one of the “sleek and shiny temples” to business, is now scheduled for demolition. As first reported by the New York Times, the building’s […]