Posted at: 04/14/2013 7:48 AM | Updated at: 04/14/2013 8:19 AM By: Dan Bazile

The teeth of an excavator takes a major bite out of Saint Patrick's Church in Watervliet, drawing tears from those with an emotional connection to the century old structure.

Many residents stood by and watched. Some were taking pictures and brought their children along with personal stories of their baptism and weddings inside the church.

I'm taking pictures and saving them because I'd like my children and grandchildren to remember what was here before they chopped everything down, says neighbor Misty Lemay.

Demolition resumed early Saturday after Citizens for Saint Patrick's, a group of residents that have been fighting for more than a year to preserve the building, lost a court decision that lifted a restraining order on leveling the structure.

"This wasn't supposed to be done until next week, but they came in and took off the porticos, says neighbor Donna Wellworth.

Police were notified early Saturday that the work would begin. The demolition crew told us they'll return on Monday to start finishing the job. They plan on starting from the back of the church and work their way toward the front. You can see the prep work and heavier equipment standing by.

Developer, Nigro Companies, bought the church from the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese. It's coming down to make way for a supermarket.

You could see this building from miles away. You're going to tear it down to put a grocery store there. I don't understand it, says Lemay.

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The demolition of Wouldhave House, in South Shields Market Place, marks the first stage of a 100m regeneration of the town centre

Demolition work on a Tyneside eyesore is well under way.

Wouldhave House, in South Shields Market Place, has been a blot on the towns urban landscape for decades.

Demolition of the 1960s architectural relic marks the first stage of a 100m regeneration of the town centre.

The bulldozing of the former office block and retail outlets, being carried out by North Tyneside firm Owen Pugh on behalf of South Tyneside Council, is progressing rapidly after getting under way at the back of the building.

The first stage in a process expected to take 14 weeks saw contractors removing electrical appliances and cables, as well as fixtures and fittings.

The next stage removing concrete panels, taking the roof off, then removing the three floors has been completed on the rear section facing Ferry Approach.

As work continues, additional screening will be added to the buildings frontage to control dust generated by the demolition.

Coun Iain Malcolm, leader of South Tyneside Council, said: It is great to see the demolition moving ahead so fast, and this is a key step towards a better future for South Shields town centre. Wouldhave House is an eyesore which we plan to replace with two quality buildings, including a new library and cultural centre.

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THE demolition of Tunbridge Wells's former ABC cinema will not take place until the summer - at the earliest.

Last Thursday work began on putting up new hoardings around the eyesore in a bid to spruce up the Mount Pleasant Road site.

This will take two-to-three weeks to complete, and in May work will start on removing asbestos from the area.

This will take two-to-three months, bringing us to July or August - making it exactly two years since the current owners of the spot bought it for about 10 million.

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El Paso, TX Demolition day is almost here, but at least one local group is still scrambling to stop the demolition. El Paso Aware is still collecting petitions for what they say is an unsafe and hazardous demolition process.

While many are trying to scope out the best location to watch the stacks come down, theres one man, part of that group, who's planning to get out of town. Robert Ardovino, an active member of the group opposing the demolition, has been vocal about his disagreement with the decision to tear down the Asarco stacks.

"So iconic and so different. It's really unfortunate," says Ardovino.

So he plans on leaving town this weekend.

"I'm just not interested in seeing the circus," said Ardovino.

The stacks, he says, are something that sets El Paso a part from the rest.

"It's a low spot for El Paso's history I think. We have a chance to kinda preserve something that's definitely different in the world," said Ardovino.

But he's also concerned that Robert Puga, the sites trustee, hasn't done enough studies to prove that tearing down the stacks and burying the materials above a water source, is safe.

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