Demolition is well underway of the old Orion Pictures building at 17th and Wyandotte streets despite opposition by preservationists who said it was an integral part of the historic Film Row District.

Much of the old building at 118 W. 17th Street in the Crossroads Arts District was razed by late morning today. It is being torn down by philanthropist Shirley Helzberg to make way for a planned three-level garage that will have 185 spaces and retail on the ground floor.

Helzberg said the $5 million garage was needed to provide parking for two other historic buildings at the intersection of 17th and Wyandotte she has redeveloped, the Webster House and the Vitagraph Film Exchange buildings. While preservationists opposed the demolition of the Orion, the building had no local landmark protection.

The Orion building opened in 1946 and was one of 15 buildings in the area that comprised Kansas City's Film Row. From the 1920s through the 1970s, major Hollywood studios used the buildings to store and distribute films throughout the region.

It was one of about 30 similar districts around the country.

Several of the Film Row buildings have been renovated in recent years, but an effort to have the five-block area listed on the National Register of Historic Places a few years ago fell through.

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Demolition is nearing completion at the former NorthTowne Square Mall and nobody is happier than Ron Hemelgarn, the owner of Super Fitness.

His business is the only portion of the former mall still standing, and he believes the zoning flexibility on the property, combined with the city removing the main obstacle for redevelopment, will lead to new businesses on the site.

"With expansion of GM, and also Chrysler, this area can be light industrial for the job shops that supply products to the auto manufacturers. It's also zoned commercial, so you actually can have vision now to build any type of business," said Hemelgarn.

The city of Toledo acquired the property from the previous owner, which was delinquent on property taxes and utility payments to the city. The city anticipates recovering the cost of demolition through the sale of the property.

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The Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church intends to tear down the 1890s-era former church sanctuary building it owns at 700 S.E. Lime.

But Topekans interested in historic preservation hope to start a dialogue targeted at saving the structure from the wrecking ball and once again making it a productive part of East Topeka.

The citys governing body, consisting of the nine council members and Mayor Larry Wolgast, plans to accept public comments and consider authorizing the buildings demolition when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its chambers at 214 S.E. 8th.

The Kansas East Conference hopes to raze the structure, which Topeka planning officials think was constructed in 1890. Topekan Sarah Bremer Parks whose father, Paul Bremer, was the churchs pastor from 1964 to 1969 says the sanctuary was built in 1896.

The sanctuary was used for services until the church ended them last year because of declining membership. The church had 36 members when it officially closed July 1, while average attendance at services was 16, said Kay Scarbrough, Topeka District superintendent for the Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church,

The church continues to use, and isnt seeking to demolish, an adjacent annex that houses a fellowship and faith ministry started in 1960 to aid the needy.

The sanctuary building has functioned without water and service services since the annex was built in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

Scarbrough said Monday, The building is in disrepair, and there is an estimated cost of $143,000 to repair the structure, which includes the foundation, the floor joists, the roof and the electrical system.

She said the Kansas East Conference thinks the money it would take to repair the church would be better spent reaching out to the East Topeka community in other ways.

Scarbrough added that members of the churchs congregation sent a letter to the Kansas East Conference saying they didnt want to see the sanctuary sit there and deteriorate further.

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Demolition of a vacant former restaurant on Greenville Avenue in Dallaswas stopped Monday morningafter investigators found a woman's body inside the burned building.

Heavy machinery began demolishing the vacant former Uncle Julio's location around 7 a.m. Monday, but work was halted when investigators found a body in the rubble around 7:50 a.m.

She was nice. I feel sorry for her, said nearby convenience store worker Almaez Fshayed. Shebelieved she knewthe homeless woman and wonders ifthe woman'sboyfriend may have been trapped in the fire as well.

After finding the woman's remains,andafter learning she may not have been alone, rescuers searched but found no evidence of anyone else having been trapped inside.

The medical examiner removed the womans body andher cause of death, and that of the fire, are both under investigation.

Firefighters said they were aware homeless people often stayed in the building but insist the flames were too intense for crews to search inside while battling the fire.

Most of the entry points were boarded up. We tried to make entry with the knowledge there could possibly could be someone inside. It was difficult. The fire grew too fast. Several sections of the roof collapsed, several air conditioners on top, once the structure because weak started to lean, said Jason Evans, Dallas Fire Rescue. We have to be cognizant as first responders. Sometimes the most important life, is that of our own.

The three-alarm fire in an old Uncle Julio's location caused fire crews to close the road as they battled the blaze. Northbound lanes of Greenville were reopened around 6 a.m., but southbound lanes will be shutdown for an extended period of time.

Around 11:50 p.m. Sunday night, Dallas firefighters responded to the fire in the 7500 block of Greenville Avenue. Fire was visible through the roof of the vacant structure when firefighters arrived. The interior blaze was so intense that firefighters could only work defensively from the outside. Parts of the roof have already collapsed due to the intense heat.

The crews used several ladder trucks and poured thousands of gallons of water per minute onto the fire. Atmos Energy is headed to the scene to cut off the gas to the former restaurant. Once that's done, crews are planning to knock down remains and extinguish any remaining hot spots. The structure is a total loss.

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