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Demolition cranes began tearing down what's left of a collapsed building in the French Quarter, but some residents are complaining after being forced out of their homes for three days.

Bricks and mortar crumbled like powder as demolition crews began removing what is left of a collapsed building at 808 Royal St.

"Our mission talks about life and property. We're fortunate we haven't lost anybody," said New Orleans Fire Department Superintendent Tim McConnell.

It's a delicate operation, which has forced several business owners, and residents on either side of the property to be evacuated, and have to stay in hotels, for three days.

"Coming out of my own pocket, and not being able to work, that's been frustrating," said St Ann Street resident Sherry Dooley

The building, which is owned by Elaine Petrie, began crumbling Tuesday, with a near total collapse on Wednesday.

" I've been here seven years, the only thing that's been done is the front was painted," said neighbor Lawrence Tullier.

While work crews took away what's left of the collapsed building some of the residents displaced were confused about some of the rules being applied to this block.

"You would think you would be afraid of a gas explosion, our gas is still on," said Tullier.

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KINGSTON It was demolition day for an 83-year-old building at a car dealership in Luzerne County.

It only took hours to bring down what was the home to Bonner Chevrolet in Kingston.

Its part of a big expansion for the dealership that will mean a whole new look along busy Wyoming avenue.

Part of the building housed the office where Pat Gilberson worked for more than a decade. She took a break from work to watch it go.

Other workers and customers did too, stopping to see the place that served generations of car customers become no more.

Rich Crossin was watching family history come down. Crossin and his brothers run Bonner Chevrolet now. The dealership moved into part of its new home earlier this week but theres more to come.

Family members came to document the demolition.

As this building comes down, work continues in the service garage feet away. The dealership is staying open through all this.

Crews were careful to only bring down whats not needed.

It only took them hours to wipe away 8 decades of service from this building.

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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - Emergency demolition crews were back in the French Quarter trying to safely tear down the remains of a fallen building. The historic structure began to crumble without warning Tuesday.

WGNO News Reporter Darian Trotter has the latest on the clean-up.

Its really sad that it fell a 200-year-old building just collapsed, neighbor Brant Bargfeldt said.

Since the collapse that began Tuesday emergency demolition crews have been trying to figure out how best to remove whats left of the historic residential building located in the 800 block of Royal Street in the French Quarter.

Its going to take a lot just to bring that down and not damage anything else.

Police barricades were put in place Thursday to keep on lookers at a safe distance. Landon Gates was one of them.

I think that its kind of a shame that they left the building get to that condition but if its a dangerous, youve got to take it down, Gates said.

This is cell phone video taken during Wednesdays collapse that forced 8 area businesses to close temporarily; and residents of at least 5 homes have been displaced.

Im just shocked how I can collapse right in the middle of the two, tourist Francesca Ramsey said.

At least one of the adjacent buildings shares a wall with the crumbling structure.

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The demolition of former prime minister Gough Whitlam's birthplace in Kew has been put on hold.

The demolition of former prime minister Gough Whitlam's birthplace has been put on hold.

Mr Whitlam, who died on Tuesday aged 98, was born at the house in Kew, Melbourne. His parents sold it when he was one year old and the family moved to Sydney.

A demolition order was lodged for the property in April, before an application for heritage protection was rejected by the office of Planning Minister Matthew Guy.

However, Mr Guy said on Thursday he had applied for an interim protection order to put the demolition on hold, a move granted by the Heritage Council.

City of Boroondara mayor Coral Ross said the council was pleased "this valuable piece of Australia's history" was being protected for now.

The demolition will be on hold for about four months while the issue of heritage protection is examined.

Mr Guy said the interim protection order meant works on the property had to stop immediately and it would allow for a fresh consideration of the property's cultural significance given Mr Whitlam's death.

He said he had no direct power as planning minister to intervene and any person may apply for an interim protection order as he did.

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Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy has stopped the destruction of Gough Whitlam's birthplace in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, despite on Wednesday claiming he could not intervene because a demolition order had already been granted by the local council.

Mr Guy on Thursday said he had applied for an interim protection order on the former prime minister's family home in Kew.

"Yesterday I applied for an Interim Protection Order, under the Heritage Act, for the birthplace of Gough Whitlam," Mr Guy said."I am advised that the Heritage Council has today made an Interim Protection Order."

Demolition has begun at Ngara, the Kew childhood home of Gough Whitlam.

Mr Guy said Mr Whitlam was "widely acknowledged to be one of the most significant Australian political leaders of the 20th century".

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"As his birthplace, it is likely that the cultural significance of this house will become recognised more strongly as time passes," he said.

The interim protection order would be issued while the nomination of the house to the Heritage Register proceeded, Mr Guy said, to allow "for a fresh consideration of its cultural significance given Prime Minister Whitlam's recent passing".

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