So they are in the next to last stage of finishing off this building. Once they get the last of the brick off, then they will start cutting the structural steel which has been holding everything up. So here is my big fear - we are headed to California for Christmas, and I am afraid that they will make great strides in the demolition, and I will miss documenting an important part of the process. Man, how many people do you know would even CARE about tearing down a building? It is pretty interesting when you enlarge the photograph, to see all the details of this structure.
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I think it's really amazing that instead of demolishing it in one day with explosives, that they decided to take it down in pieces. The process is probably taking longer than the time it took to build it. bsk
Imagine seeing this building being constructed back in the day. It is amazing to see the process of dismantling it.
Joan
I spoke to several workers a month or so ago, and the reason they can't use explosives is that the plant is within a hundred yards or so of residential homes! So no explosives, and no noise - they couldn't cut the smokestacks off and let them crash to the ground. And they have to be really careful about creating dust - they have these machines that look like snow machines that spray a fine mist of water on everything when they are knocking down the brick walls. Who knew?
I know how much you've been looking forward to the dismantling. I'll try to get a photo for you this weekend in case anything big happened while you're away.
As of Saturday 12/20/14, it looks like there were no major changes since your photo. More bricks were removed around the archway on the street side [https://flic.kr/p/qfQMaz] but other than that the power plant's still there.
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