As an excavator claw tore into the vacant Kansas City house, walls collapsed and dust billowed up and out over the spectators standing across the street.

But this wasnt the same dust that swirls around a baseball infield.

Dust from demolishing homes that range from 50 to 100 years old contains paint made with lead and mercury, as well as other particulates that can trigger respiratory problems.

Kansas Citys demolition practices are being called into question now that the city has started two projects that will tear down over several years more than 1,000 pre-1978 homes, mainly on the East Side.

According to state regulations, demolition dust must be kept to a minimum and should not be visible beyond property boundaries.

But news photos and videos in recent months captured two home demolitions that show clouds of dust blowing into neighborhoods.

In one case in January, in an area being cleared for the new East Patrol police station, an excavator with a huge claw ripped into a home and dust drifted over a few dozen onlookers, including city officials, residents and children.

In another demolition in September, part of the citys effort to begin ridding neighborhoods of the blight of abandoned homes, Mayor Sly James operated the equipment. Dust swelled, choking the mayor and onlookers.

Those two demolitions have prompted very different reactions from city officials.

One who oversees the East Patrol project said last week that the dust from the demolition of two homes near 26th and Olive streets should have been better controlled.

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World Demolition Summit 2012: David Sinclair
David Sinclair, Safedem talks about the "Redevelopment of Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA". Topics include: Central State Hospital (CSH) Reuse Initiative Executive Summary The CSH Campus - History and Layout The Walker Building Hazardous Materials Abatement Facade Retention System Partial Demolition Recycling Education and Skills Training

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Contractor Interserve and formwork specialist RMD Kwikform work with 777 demolition to demolish the IMAX theatre in Bournemouth making way for a fantastic community space

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Demolition of Latham Circle Mall continues Wednesday, March 13, 2013 to make room for new addition to the mall in Latham. (J.S.Carras/The Record)

LATHAM While customers perused products at JCPenney's and Lowe's, demolition of the center portion of Latham Circle Mall began Tuesday and continued Wednesday.

Despite the nearby demolition, JCPenney's and Lowe's will remain, said Sara Wiest, Colonies public information officer. After Schenectady-based Jackson Demolition completes removal of the mall in the next month or two, Massachusetts-based Grossman Development Corp., LLC will begin construction of the Shoppes at Latham two outdoor shopping centers, a 190,000-square-foot space, and a smaller, 51,000- to 52,00-square-foot space.

We want to get this building free and clear, said Mark Hebert, vice-president of development for Grossman. We would like to start construction on (the shoppes') footings sometime this summer.

The two new buildings will be further back from Loudon Road than the center of the mall is currently, eliminating parking on the back while creating more parking in the front, Hebert said. The buildings will face Loudon Road.

The demolition is bringing down a mall that has stood at the location for more than half a century. Since the early aughts, however, tenants have slowly vacated the space among them, a Gold's Gym, the Malt River Brewing Co., and a Burlington Coat Factory. It now retains only its original anchor store, JCPenney, which does not allow access to the mall's interior, and a more recent tenant, Lowe's, which occupies a structure no longer connected to the mall interior.

The most recent tenant to leave was Regal Cinemas, which pulled out in February citing a steady attendance decline caused by the 2011 construction of a state-of-the-art cinema in Clifton Park. The developer would like to maintain the theater complex, Hebert said, and is searching for a new operator.

Originally constructed in 1957 as the Latham Corners Shopping Center, the mall was renovated several times throughout its history. In 1977, a notable renovation transformed the space into one of the nations earliest fully-enclosed and temperature-controlled indoor shopping malls.

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Demolition continues on the center portion of the former Latham Circle Mall on Wednesday. (J.S.Carras/The Record)

LATHAM While customers perused products at JC Penney's and Lowe's, demolition of the center portion of the defunct Latham Circle Mall began Tuesday and continued Wednesday.

Despite the nearby demolition, JCPenney's and Lowe's will remain, said Sara Wiest, the public information officer with the town of Colonie. After Jackson Demolition, of Schenectady, completes removal of the mall in the next month or two, Massachusetts-based Grossman Development Corp., LLC will begin construction of the Shoppes at Latham two outdoor shopping centers, a 190,000-square-foot space, and a smaller, 51,000- to 52,00-square-foot space.

We want to get this building free and clear, said Mark Hebert, vice-president of development for Grossman. We would like to start construction on (the shoppes') footings sometime this summer.

The two new buildings will be further back from Loudon Road than the center of the mall is currently, eliminating parking on the back, while creating more parking in the front, said Hebert. The buildings will front on Loudon Road.

The demolition is bringing down a mall that has stood at the location for more than half a century. Since the early aughts, tenants have slowly vacated the space among them, a Gold's Gym, the Malt River Brewing Co., and a Burlington Coat Factory. It now retains only its original anchor store, JCPenney's on the north end, which does not allow access to the mall's interior, and a more recent tenant, Lowe's, which occupies a structure no longer connected to the mall interior.

The most recent tenant to leave was Regal Cinemas, which pulled out in February, citing a steady attendance decline caused by the 2011 construction of a state-of-the-art cinema Clifton Park, which pulled many of the Latham cinema's movie-goers. The developer would like to maintain the theater complex, said Hebert, and is searching for a new operator.

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Demolition of the 12th Ave. Bridge in the Wares Creek neighborhood began Thursday as part of a project to improve water flow and avoid flooding. The first couple days of demolition will focus on the removal of an architectural feature of the historic bridge which will be salavaged and reused on the new bridge. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

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BRADENTON -- Demolition of the historic 12th Avenue bridge in the Wares Creek neighborhood began Thursday as part of a project to improve water flow and avoid flooding.

This is the second of three bridges to be rebuilt as part of a sister project to the $51.8 million Cedar Hammock-Wares Creek Flood project.

"It is all an integrated concept as part of the dredging of the creek," engineering section manager Jim McLellan said. "Without improvement to the bridges, it would create a 'pinch point.' By replacing them with structures that have more carrying capacity, it increases the creek's capacity to carry water, avoiding flooding."

The first couple of days of demolition will focus on removing the handrail of the historic bridge, which is being salvaged and reused on the new bridge.

"We have to maintain a component of the existing bridge, and the handrail is the easiest and the most visible," McLellan said.

Construction of the new bridge is scheduled to be completed by August. Work will then begin on the 14th Avenue bridge. Combined with a drainage upgrade, the work on the two bridges is expected to cost $2.4 million.

Half of the funding for this project is being provided by a grant from the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The rest has

been funded by a low-interest loan acquired by the city from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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Pantano Union Pacific Railroad Bridge Demolition (March 2013)
Time lapse video shows demolition of the old Pantano Union Pacific Railroad bridge on Interstate 10 about 30 miles east of Tucson, Arizona. This was the seco...

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