Metrodome Demolition Time Lapse
View from my office window of the Metrodome demolition between February 11 and March 17.
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Metrodome Demolition Time Lapse - Video
Metrodome Demolition Time Lapse
View from my office window of the Metrodome demolition between February 11 and March 17.
By: jhoehn192
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Metrodome Demolition Time Lapse - Video
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CLEARING THE WAY: About half of the homes in the red-zoned suburb of Bexley in east Christchurch have been demolished. The homes that remain are cracked, warped and filled with silt.
Demolition of the residential red zone needs to accelerate so all homes on the flat land can be cleared by the end-of-year target.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) has missed its demolition targets, but promises that the pace of clearance will accelerate next month.
New clearance data provided by Cera shows that more than half of the red-zoned houses have been demolished.
Figures up to March 4 show that 3920 homes have been demolished, with 3919 to go.
In October last year, Cera hoped to be demolishing 400 homes a month by the end of 2013. In November last year, 295 homes were demolished and 182 were demolished in December.
Cera still hopes to meet the target of 5000 homes demolished on flat land by June, with the remainder of flat-land homes demolished by the end of the year.
Port Hills clearance will take until the end of 2015 at the earliest.
Cera operations general manager John Cumberpatch said it needed to demolish 300 homes a month to clear flat-land homes by the end of the year.
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Demolition rate to ramp up next month
KNOXVILLE Demolition of Gibbs Hall, the longtime home of University of Tennessees athletes, began Tuesday, with the entire structure expected to be down next month.
The crew will then begin razing Stokely Athletic Center, which is attached to the former dormitory. Footings for the new residence hall will begin as soon as next month, said Bill Pace, a UT architect and the project manager for the site. Sabre Demolition, a New York-based firm, has the $2.44 million contract to raze the buildings.
UT plans to build a 600-bed co-ed residence hall on the east end of the site, a 1,000-space parking garage on Volunteer Boulevard and football practice fields a combined $100 million project that could be complete by 2016.
Stokely and Gibbs were first approved for demolition in July 2012. The arena, on the corner of Volunteer and Lake Loudoun boulevards, was vacated more than a year ago as part of an agreement with the fire marshal because the gyms safety systems, including fire exits paths and sprinklers, were not up to code.
More details as they develop online and in Thursdays News Sentinel.
Campaigners battling to save Christchurch's Majestic Theatre are staging a rally against its demolition.
The future of the 1930s-era building - the city's first fully steel-framed building - has been in doubt since its inclusion in the Christchurch Central Development Unit's (CCDU) street-widening plans for Manchester St.
It was also subject to a Section 45 notice, meaning it was considered a dangerous building.
Heritage campaigners will today march from the Valuing Our Heritage display in Cathedral Junction to the Majestic from 12.30pm.
Ross Gray, the deputy chairman of Historic Places Canterbury, said demolition should not proceed because the building had both heritage value and value as a performing arts space. "There's virtually nothing of that stature left in town, and certainly nothing from that 1930s [era]," he said.
Engineering reports he had seen showed the extent of the damage "varied greatly".
Traffic could veer around the Majestic if Manchester St was widened.
A CCDU spokesman said a contract for the demolition had been awarded and it was expected preparation for work would begin "over the next couple of weeks".
- Fairfax NZ News
Demolition of the residential red zone needs to accelerate so all homes on the flat land can be cleared by the end-of-year target.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) has missed its demolition targets, but promises that the pace of clearance will accelerate next month.
New clearance data provided by Cera shows that more than half of the red-zoned houses have been demolished.
Figures up to March 4 show that 3920 homes have been demolished, with 3919 to go.
In October last year, Cera hoped to be demolishing 400 homes a month by the end of 2013. In November last year, 295 homes were demolished and 182 were demolished in December.
Cera still hopes to meet the target of 5000 homes demolished on flat land by June, with the remainder of flat-land homes demolished by the end of the year.
Port Hills clearance will take until the end of 2015 at the earliest.
Cera operations general manager John Cumberpatch said it needed to demolish 300 homes a month to clear flat-land homes by the end of the year.
''We are still on target for the end of the year,'' he said.
''We have got everything in line.''
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Only half of red zone homes demolished
Workman were seen moving heavy machinery into the Boyd Theater's auditorium Monday morning, leading Philadelphia preservationists to conclude that its owner, Live Nation, has begun demolition of Center City's last art deco movie palace.
The Preservation Alliance's advocacy director, Ben Leech, said he could clearly hear hammering sounds when he walked past the theater's Sansom Street exit doors.
"I can't think of what else they'd be doing other than demolition," he said. He noted that a demolition permit was posted on the theater's Chestnut Street facade this weekend.
On Friday, the Historical Commission granted Live Nation permission to raze the historically designated theater on the grounds that the building had become a financial hardship. The company, which is required under the decision to maintain the Chestnut Street facade, intends to sell the building to a Philadelphia developer to erect an eight-screen multiplex for the Florida entertainment company, iPic.
Although the 1928 movie palace is a landmarked building, only its exterior is protected under city law. Live Nation said it sought the hardship ruling because iPic needed to demolish the outer walls to construct its screening rooms. The demolition permit posted on the building was issued Feb. 25.
Live Nation's point person on the Boyd, executive James Tucker, could not be reached for comment.
During the lengthy debate over Live Nation's request for hardship, the Nutter Administration made no attempt to intervene, even after a donor stepped in at the 11th hour and offered to buy the theater at the same price iPic offered.
"We've let the process run its natural course and I don't intend to intervene," said Alan Greenberger, deputy mayor for commerce and planning. "The process has determined there is hardship. There are legal permits in place, and that's okay."
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Demolition appears to have begun at the Boyd
SOUTH BEND City officials are expressing concern about a flier going around that states a person's home is slated for demolition and offering to buy the property for cash.
Two homeowners have contacted the city about the fliers in recent days, Kara Kelly, of the mayors office, said. In each case, the person's home was found not to be on the city's demolition list.
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