109-year-old Wisconsin “Red Church” Demolished
Peace Lutheran Church, in Baldwin, Wis., was torn down this past week.
A stately red-brick church that towered over a small town in western Wisconsin for 109 years has reached the end of its days, despite an effort by some in the community to save it.
According to a published report, the vote was 113 to 19 to “deconstruct” the 109 year-old local landmark known as “Old Red Brick Church”. Since 1905, the building has stood just south of I-94 on the west side of Highway 63 and the intersection of CTY N in rural Baldwin. The same report also states there are to be some provisions to the motion allowing for salvage and preservation of the salvaged items.
Silver Coins Found during Home Demolition
Silver Coins Found during Home Demolition | Officials believe that the silver coins may have been hidden in the walls of the home before the previous owner even moved in.
“The house was full of Florida junk,” neighbor Jim Tuck said Friday about the 60 pounds of silver coins discovered in the recently demolished North Minnesota Avenue home.
It was like a treasure hunt … the more you dug the more you found,” said Melissa Howes of city code enforcement, laughing about the scramble to find more. “We thought we might be able to keep it like finders keepers, but it was city property.”
Possible Demolition of Episcopal Church Home (ECH), Buffalo NY
Possible Demolition of Episcopal Church Home (ECH), Buffalo NY | The Episcopal Church Home, represented for most Buffalonians for over a century by the iconic landscape of the Hutchinson Chapel and Thornton Memorial Hall, is under imminent threat of demolition.
The Episcopal Church Home Complex is comprised of five contiguous parcels on 3.5 acres. There are six buildings on site. Two of the structures, Thornton Hall and the Hutchinson Chapel, have been determined to be eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. They were designated as local landmarks in 1980. Thornton Hall was built in 1905. The architect was Henry Osgood Holland. The Hall replaced an orphanage on the site that was built in 1866. The Hutchinson Chapel of the Holy Innocents was designed by William Archer and erected in 1895.
Compadre Stadium Demolition
Landmark Baseball Diamond being demolished to make way for new homes.
The ballpark opened in 1986 as spring home of the Brewers, replacing the team’s home in Sun City. It was only home to the Brewers until 1998, when the Brewers shifted spring operations to Maryvale Baseball Park.
Standard Pacific Homes — which has a dozen housing developments in the Phoenix market — is the builder for the Compadre site.
5 Bridges Damaged
Damage to one of the five bridges hit by an excavator boom in Thurston County, Washington. Credit: WSDOT
While being hauled by a truck traveling through Thurston County, Washington, last week, an excavator’s boom collided with five different bridges before the driver finally pulled over.
The driver of the truck, 45-year-old George Russell, was delivering the excavator to an equipment rental company. Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill told The News Tribune that Russell is “facing numerous defective equipment violations, registration and height and weight violations,” starting with the fact that Russell did not lower the boom of the excavator before hauling it.
Stage Center Demolition
Construction crews demolish a portion of the Stage Center with heavy machinery Tuesday in downtown Oklahoma City. Photos by K.T. King, The Oklahoman KT King – The Oklahoman
After years of debate over the history, importance and fate of Stage Center, the end is set to start Monday as preparatory demolition begins.
Stage Center, originally known as Mummers Theater, was designed by John Johansen, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and a member of the legendary “Harvard Five” (which also included Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes).
OSHA Takes Steps to Eliminate Demolition Fatalities
OSHA launches updated website, training resources for construction demolition industry; OSHA Takes Steps to Eliminate Demolition Fatalities.
In one June 2014 case, a construction worker in New Jersey was trapped and killed when the last standing wall of the building he was demolishing collapsed on top of him. Six months earlier, a 25-year-old construction worker in Chicago was struck and killed by pieces of falling concrete while conducting renovations on a shopping mall. And in June 2013, a four-story building undergoing demolition in Philadelphia collapsed, killing six people and injuring 14.
Demolition of Downtown Ann Arbor
Demolition on the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has begun as crews make way for a new hotel on the corner of E. Huron and N. Ashley streets on Monday, July 14, 2014. Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News
Construction crews started demolition of the former Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (AAACVB) at the northeast corner of Huron and Ashley streets at 2:15 p.m. Monday. The neighboring Greyhound bus depot building will also be torn down. Demolition will last several days.
Disco Demolition Night
35 Years Ago, White Sox Forfeit after Disco Demolition Disaster
Disco Demolition Night: On July 12, 1979, a promotion mocking disco music incited a crowd of 90,000 to trash Comiskey Park and storm the field, forcing umpires to declare a forfeit for the White Sox. Fans who brought disco records to Comiskey Park would be admitted into the White Sox doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers for just 98 cents; the collection of records would then be destroyed by Dahl in an on-field ceremony between games.
Demolition Begins at Rocky Point Amusement Park, RI
Demolition has begun at the former Rocky Point amusement park to make way for a coastal state park.
Rocky Point Park was a highly popular amusement park on the Narragansett Bay side of Warwick, Rhode Island. It operated from the late 1840s until it closed in 1995. Over the decades, attractions at Rocky Point have come and gone – nature trails, a ferry pier, an observation tower, hotels, clambakes, restaurants, swimming pool, rides, games, and concerts. The following year, the park filed for bankruptcy.