The former Bangor Police Department building on Court Street.

Posted June 06, 2014, at 4 p.m.

BANGOR, Maine Demolition crews will start tearing down Bangors gutted former police headquarters on Monday, the city announced Friday.

Police vacated the 73-year-old Court Street building in 2006 to move into the new Summer Street location.

The demolition process is expected to last several weeks. The project started in May when crews began pulling hazardous materials from the site to make it safe for demolition. The building is a shell.

The project is expected to cost about $1.1 million. The demolition itself will cost $400,000, and a $201,000 retaining wall will be built to prevent a portion of Court Street, which is stabilized by the building, from sliding downhill into the Kenduskeag Stream. The remainder is for remediation of hazardous materials and other work.

The city considered renovating the building and opening it for some other use, but that would have required extensive structural work and hazard abatements, bringing cost estimates in to the $20 million-$30 million range.

Instead, plans call for a roughly 40-space parking lot on top of the hill, potentially for use by county employees who work in the nearby former courthouse.

Court Street remains closed to through traffic Between Hammond and Boynton streets as crews replace sewer lines in the area. Only local traffic will be allowed to pass.

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The demolition has started on the former Aldiss building in Fakenham town centre, after it was destroyed by fire in May 2014. Picture: Matthew Usher.

Chris Hill Saturday, June 7, 2014 11:14 AM

It was a day which changed Fakenhams townscape forever, as the historic faade of one of its most recognisable buildings crumbled into rubble.

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But as demolition work began on the fire-ravaged former Aldiss department store it also symbolised the determination to swiftly rebuild a positive future from the ashes of the disaster.

The proud, century-old landmark was among the buildings which were damaged by the devastating blaze which tore through Upper Market Place on May 25.

And after demolition experts bolstered the neighbouring properties, the process of clearing the debris from the site began in earnest today.

The Aldiss family commissioned the work which brought a 48-tonne high-reach demolition rig to the town the only one of its kind in Norfolk which used a 22m mechanical arm to ensure the unstable buildings could be dismantled from a safe distance.

Preparatory propping work ensured the structural integrity was maintained for the neighbouring Pedlars Gold store one of the towns oldest listed buildings, dating back to the 17th century. Although its damaged gable wall fell, as expected by the demolition crew, the chimney breast and frontage of the shop remain intact.

And to the rear of the building, scaffolding and boards were used to protect an ancient church wall and gravestones from the risk of falling masonry.

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By CAMERON TAYLOR 6 News Reporter

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Demolition on the Baptist Hospital continuing to be underway to make room for new upscale apartments, student housing, and retail shops.

The developers from Blanchard and Calhoun Commercial Corporation were in townWednesday talking with Mayor Madeline Rogero and her staff about their progress on Baptist Hospital. People in the area6Newstalkedwith had mixed opinions about the hospital transforming into something else.

"If it wasn't for that hospital,I wouldn't be here," said Marvin Lynn Jones II of South Knoxville.

Jones isa South Knoxville native and is upset a landmark in his area, Baptist Hospital, will soon be nothing more than a memory.He was born there and several years later in 1982 the hospital staff saved his life after a bad car wreck.

Jones says the demolition of the hospital is personal for him.

"It really hurts me. It really does to see it gone, just demolished," said Jones.

The developer of the land from Blanchard and Calhoun Commercial Corporation in Augusta, Georgia tells 6 News they plan to build about 300 upscale apartments that will take up around 300,000 square feet.

One building is already gone and others are expected to be demolished in the next few months.Some people in the South Knoxville area believe it's time for something new.

"It sat vacant for the last few years. It needed to come down. It just brings a lot of people that are breaking in, trying to steal stuff," said Joel Francis of South Knoxville.

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