Demolition

OK all you former seminarians who read our blog. I'm planning on keeping you updated on the progress across the street. I won't make any grand promises, but I'll at least keep taking pictures from our front porch so you can see how our world changes from month to month. I think it was the second week in July when all the massive machinery started rolling in. It hasn't stopped since. It has seemed slow at times, but really they are moving pretty fast. They are already pouring the foundation for the one building that will sit next to Witherspoon. Sometimes it feels a bit like a war zone around here. Jackhammers, backhoes, dump trucks, tree removal (sad, yes, but a fascinating process to watch), cement trucks, semis, and water trucks are just a few of the sites we see everyday. Yes, cheap entertainment! (at least for now, until we move into the new apartments next summer and the rent goes sky high!) Anyway, that's all the update I have for now.


So here is our view from our front porch. It is already 'ghost town' over there at the point this picture was taken. Just wanted to give an idea of what all we'll be seeing from our front porch over the coming months, from before to after.

Here they have put up the 'construction - keep out - danger!' fence. They have also been doing the asbestos cleaning out at this point. So I couldn't get a picture of this, but when they were finished with whatever they do to prepare for the final demolition, the inside of each apt was just a hallow shell. You could see through the sliding door right out the back windows.

The demolition in progress. Watching this thing tear the buildings down seems to be a slow process, piece by piece. But then I think over the past week and realize they've already taken 3 1/2 buildings down in less than a week! I'd say they are moving right along! This is the Zirschky's building, as we so fondly call it.

This is behind the Zirschky's building, you can see all the others are down now.

They stopped early afternoon, so this is how far they got today on this building.