There was relief Tuesday night for homeowners whove stared at an eyesore for more than a decade.

Crews tore down a home near 36th and Franklin streets Tuesday. The home is was just one of hundreds that have been demolished as the city tackles the problem of abandoned homes.

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The city is pushing ahead to calm concern about vacant property. Although crews have already demolished hundreds of homes on the tear-down list this year, they still have a ways to go.

Neighbor Herbert Brown was glad to see demolition equipment Tuesday after staring at anabandoned home for about a decade.

I saw him over here, I came out to the front door and I told him I was very glad to see him. He laughed and said I bet you are, said Brown.

The home finally rose to the top of Omahas demolition list -- a list that included nearly 800 addresses at the start of the year.

Were systematically going through the process now and taking the worst of the worst. Mostly those that are fire-damaged and structurally-damaged, then vacant and vandalized, said Jim Davis, Omaha's assistant planning director.

Davis said that procedure has helped the city make the most of about $750,000 in city and grant money. They still have about $150,000 left to tackle more homes this year.

Weve been very aggressive. We have a long way to go yet, he said.

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By late Tuesday morning, the annex building at McKinley Elementary School was little more than heaps of rubble and a few support beams, marking the next step in a major renovation of the 100-plus-year-old school.

Heavy equipment began tearing away at one-story annex's walls, roof and ceiling on Monday and Billings School District 2 officials hope that the demolition phase of the $13-million renovation will be wrapped up by Friday.

"We're trying to keep as much of the historical value as we can," said Lew Anderson, SD2's bond project manager. "You're keeping a building that has significant historical value in the community."

In addition to demolishing the decades-old annex, crews are renovating the original school building's interior and exterior and will eventually build a new, three-story addition with six new classrooms and a new gymnasium in place of the old annex.

Those efforts are well under way, as crews began work at McKinley, 820 N. 31st St., in early June. They had to dedicate two weeks to asbestos abatement and have spent the last three weeks painstakingly removing the grout from between the school's exterior bricks.

"The bricks are fine but the grout needs to be replaced," Anderson said. "The restoration on the outside has been a big deal."

Similar work also to the tune of about $13 millionis being done at Broadwater Elementary, at 415 Broadwater Ave. Crews have been working over the same time frame to renovate the aging building but won't knock down that school's annex until the summer of 2015.

Once that annex is knocked down, a new one to match Broadwater will be built in its place.

At McKinley, some of the work will involve leveling out the original building's basement, which was never intended to be used as an educational space but was re-purposed as enrollment swelled.

"We have over 15 different elevations in the basement alone," Anderson said.

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