SANFORD, Fla.

Public housing in the Goldsboro area of Sanford has been vacant for about three years, since the Department of Housing and Urban Development found them to be in deplorable condition and relocated residents.

Demolition work on the Redding Gardens section is underway. Hundreds of people once populated that area. Redding Gardens is just one of several complexes that will be demolished.

Sanford resident Edna Gordon said she remembers when the now-abandoned buildings were converted to public housing decades ago.

She said she also remembers when HUD shut them down after Channel 9 Eyewitness News investigations found units with no heat, leaky roofs and in decay.

Gordon watched as the buildings were brought down. She said she will feel safer once the buildings are gone.

"If it's open it's more visible," said Gordon.

The 400-plus units of the Sanford Housing Authority will begin to come down on Aug. 22. That demolition will cost $1.5 million.

When those building are gone the city of Sanford will be left with a 47-acre empty lot.

Andrew Thomas, Sanford senior project manager, said leaving the 47 acres undeveloped would not be the ideal situation.

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Community Mercy Health Partners resumed demolition at its East High Street campus location this week, beginning with the former School of Nursing.

Demolition crews have been working on the campus since February, but are now beginning visible demolition, according to CMHP spokesperson Dave Lamb.

Im sure this is a relief for the general public who was wondering, Lamb said. The community has asked where we were with the construction. Work has been continuing, its just been behind the scenes.

Crews have been slowed due to asbestos removal in the buildings, Lamb said.

You dont want to shortchange that, Lamb said.

Lamb said hes unsure when the hospital building will be torn down.

Demolition is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Hospital representatives had previously estimated demolition would be completed in June. The demolition is expected to cost $3 million.

Community Hospital closed in November of 2011 on the same day the new downtown hospital, Springfield Regional Medical Center, opened.

The North Limestone Campus, also known as the former Mercy Medical Center, is expected to begin asbestos remediation this fall. Lamb said there is no timetable for when demolition could begin at the other hospital location.

It will be determined on the extent of the remediation of the asbestos, Lamb said. When we get in there, well have a better idea about the timeline.

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Louisa Blackburn is living in the middle of a demolition site.

Most of the houses in her street have been razed to the ground, but her home is propped on either side by an abandoned, bricked-up, building.

The pensioner is among a handful of people still living in what little remains of this part of Soudan Street, in an area of south Belfast known locally as the Village.

The Village is undergoing a multi-million pound regeneration scheme, and hundreds of substandard homes have already been pulled down to make way for new, modern housing.

However, the area has long been the target of vandals, fly-tippers, metal thieves and so-called brick bandits, who it appears, are continuing to strip the demolition zone of anything they can sell.

As Louisa and her few remaining neighbours wait to be re-housed, rubble and rubbish is piled up outside their homes. Fires are being set in waste ground, just feet from occupied houses.

Even the granite kerb stones are disappearing from underneath their feet.

Several months ago, metal thieves ripped lead flashing from Louisa's roof, leaving her to deal with rainwater leaking into her kitchen.

Now, she believes copper is their new target. The pensioner said she has witnessed men setting fire to electrical cables right outside her home.

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Demolition is done at K-C mill site

By Noah Haglund Herald Writer

EVERETT The industrial tangle that once was Kimberly-Clark Corp.s Everett mill is no longer a figurative blank slate, but a literal one as well.

A contractor wrapped up a years worth of demolition work this month, leaving most the waterfront property as flat as a parade ground.

Its a startling contrast with the brick and steel edifices that loomed there after the mill shut down for good in April 2012.

Theres still some equipment there that has to be broken up and taken away, but the actual demo work is done, Kimberly-Clark spokesman Bob Brand said July 18.

A large, beige warehouse will remain standing at the south end of the property, unless a new owner decides to knock it down. For now, the roof is the seasonal home of hundreds of Caspian terns. There are no plans to make the birds leave, Brand said.

Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark continues to market the property, hoping a buyer will snap up all 66 acres in one piece. Brand said theres a lot of interest, but no sale to report.

About 700 workers lost jobs when the mill closed.

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July 22, 2013

UXBRIDGE The fire-ravaged Bank Building on South Main Street will be demolished, but when the wrecking ball starts swinging will all depend on the property owner next door to the building.

Fire Chief William T. Kessler said Monday that demolition of the 118-year-old three-story late Victorian-style building at 32 South Main St., which was gutted by a massive fire last Thursday, was scheduled to take place Saturday until a neighboring abutter and business -Keegan Construction - intervened and retained legal counsel relative to concerns about how the demolition might impact its property.

A meeting between the town and the abutter was slated to be held yesterday to discuss insurance issues. Once those issues are cleared up, demolition by demolition company, J.R. Vingaro, will begin, said Kessler, adding the entire process should be completed within a day.

In the meantime, South Main Street (Route 122) remains closed to traffic and the street is sealed off between High Street and the traffic light at the intersection of South Main Street and Route 16. While motor vehicle traffic is being detoured around the fenced-in fire site, the downtown area is open to foot traffic and downtown businesses remain open.

The fate of the building was still up in the air last Friday pending an inspection by structural engineers that day to determine whether or not the historic building should be demolished. Uxbridge Building Inspector Nelson Burlingame had already made a determination that the building needs to come down, but Kessler said the town needed a similar determination by structural engineers from the insurance company.

That determination was made late Friday when an assessment revealed that parts of the building could collapse.

The engineers found that the front and back of the building have weak spots that could fall out under certain circumstances, Kessler said.

Firefighters from more than 25 communities fought last Thursdays six-alarm blaze, which broke out just before 2 p.m. after smoke was seen billowing out of the third floor. The building housed seven apartments on the second and third floors and two businesses - Bridals by Rochelle and Diversified Signs and Awnings on the fist floor. There were no injuries to any of the tenants who were evacuated from the building, but two firefighters were sent to the hospital where they were treated and released for heat exhaustion. An estimated 20 residents living in six occupied apartments are homeless and being assisted by the Red Cross.

Uxbridge's People First Food Pantry has helped set up a fund to assist the fire victims. Anyone wishing to donate can send a check made out to the '32 South Main St. Fire Fund,' c/o Savers Bank, 6 North Main St., Uxbridge, MA 01569.

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