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The face of Barringtons business district is continuing to change with trustees approval Monday of the demolition of a long-vacant building on Main Street, as well as Tuesdays opening of a highly anticipated Ace Hardware on Northwest Highway.

The villages economic development plans particularly in the downtown are shaping up to be at the heart of the forthcoming village board election this April.

Trustees Monday granted approval of Indeck Development Inc.s request to demolish its two-story, 27,058-square-building at 222 E. Main St. that had previously been the home of Starck & Co. Realtors.

The building had been vacant for four years and the owners felt that demolition could help prospective buyers look at its prominent location in a new light, Barrington Village Manager Jeff Lawler said.

As this was a strategy that worked for the village itself a year ago in demolishing the existing buildings on the site it owns on the southwest corner of Main and Hough streets, it seemed to make sense, he added.

We do think it does open the site up for future developers to see the possibilities, Lawler said of 222 E. Main St. It did have some deterioration that would have been somewhat costly to repair.

Though the coming demolition will add to those the downtown has seen over the past year, Lawler doesnt strongly anticipate any more. The rest of the downtowns building stock appears to be viable as it is, he said.

The review process for the new retail and office buildings proposed by Arthur Hill and Co. and Envision Realty Advisors for the village-owned site at Hough and Main streets is expected to wrap up in a few weeks. With final approval and the commitment of a tenants, construction of the project could begin next year, Lawler said.

But opposition to that plan and the fact that $23 million has already been spent on it from the villages tax-increment finance district fund is at the heart of residents Jim Magnanenzi, Mike Kozel and JoAnn Fletchers run for trustee next April.

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Bulldozers have begun demolishing the former Alta District Hospital in Dinuba.

The building is on Adelaide Way and Eaton Avenue in Dinuba.

Monday was the first day of demolition of the old Alta District Hospital in Dinuba and people here have actually been stopping by the site and taking pictures of the building and its tear down all day.

Though old and vacant it still has a special place in many people's hearts here.

Though the building has been vacant for 10 years it's known as a fixture in the Dinuba community.

Kathy Lamb was a registered nurse at the hospital from 1965 to 1982. She came by today to take some pictures of the demolition.

"Almost 300 babies that I counted in the log book that I was present at their births so those are nice memories and just the friends we have here and all," Lamb said.

"This is very emotional for the hospital being torn down," pediatrician Khusal Mehta said. "They had a lot of emergency treatment here, they were born here and actually a lot of good memories of this hospital."

While the community mourns the loss of the hospital building they are also excited for the next chapter planned for the site.

Local doctor Kuldip Thusu has joined with leading dialysis treatment company Davita to build a brand new Kidney Dialysis Center.

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By LUCIAN McCARTY lmccarty@saratogian.com Twitter.com/SaratogianCDesk

SARATOGA SPRINGS The Design Review Commission is one step closer to a vote on whether to allow demolition of the historic Winans-Crippen House at 66 Franklin St. after its meeting last week.

The DRC accepted the Final Environmental Impact Statement on Wednesday in a 4-0 vote. Two of the board members recused themselves from the vote because they are also members of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, a group that has opposed the demolition of the historic single-family home.

The owner of the Winans-Crippen House, Joseph Boff, bought the home in 2008 with the intent of renovating the house, which was built in 1871 by architect John D. Stevens, the same man who designed the United States and Grand Union hotels on Broadway in the citys heyday.

The home is also a contributing member of the National Historic District.

However, the owner says the structure is falling apart and cannot be repaired economically.

The building is completely worthless standing up, Boff said. Its a fire hazard and a danger. It cant be restored, and it wont be restored.

He applied for a demolition permit in 2009 but needs DRC approval because the house is in a historic district. The process dragged and Boff threw his hands up when the DRC asked him for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

Not one property has been asked for an EIS before mine, he said.

With the impact statement accepted, the DRCs next step is to determine whether demolition would have an affect on the environment.

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(WMC-TV) - Crews are ripping down part of the Raleigh Springs Mall.

Demolition began Tuesday on the old JC Penney.

People familiar with how vibrant the Raleigh Springs Mall once was say it has been on life support for quite some time. On Tuesday, the plug was pulled on at least one part of the building.

"There was nothing left but to tear it down," said Juanita Jones, Raleigh Springs Mall manager.

Crime and copper theft has been all too common inside the mall's abandoned buildings in recent years.

Mall manager Juanita Jones is passionate about ridding the Raleigh shopping center of its negative reputation.

Jones says the revitalization is a part of preserving those memories while creating new ones for future generations.

New stores, government offices, and a community college are all possibilities for the space. Jones says she has been meeting with city developer Robert Lipscomb and Memphis Mayor A C Wharton about rebirth.

"I'm already talking to a huge, big chain about coming in here and building their store here," said Jones.

Raleigh residents like Donald Green say any change is welcome.

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ENCINITAS A $4.8 million project thats giving Moonlight Beach a new restroom and concession stand has moved out of the demolition phase and into the construction period.

Kids visiting the beachs playground will have a front-row seat for all the work, which in the coming weeks will include huge trucks pumping concrete for the walls of the new buildings, city Park and Beach Superintendent John Frenken said Tuesday.

All the poured-in-place concrete walls will have waves in them, Frenken said. Some will have shells in them, some of them will have rocks in them so youll get the impression that years of wave action has built the walls and left shells and deposits.

When contractors start on the roof of the new restroom building later this year, it too will have a wavelike look reminiscent of the Cardiff library building, he added.

Located at the western end of Encinitas Boulevard, Moonlight Beach is a hugely popular recreation spot for tourists and Encinitas residents. The volleyball courts, fire pits and playground equipment are in almost constant use. But parents have bitterly complained about the aging restrooms for years, city officials have said.

In early September, contractors started demolishing those restrooms and a small, nearby concession stand. The buildings will be replaced by one 3,600-square-foot structure with restrooms at one end and food sales at the other. Plans call for this new building to be tucked into the hillside east of the old restroom building area, so more space on the sand is available for visitors.

Partially funded by $1.9 million in state grant money, the construction project also includes a 950-square-foot garage building that will house lifeguard trucks and rescue equipment.

After the demolition of the old beach structures and before the start of construction on the new ones, contractors replaced the water, sewer and electric lines running to the property, Frenken said.

We went all the way back from Fifth Street and put new ones in because that stuff was old, he said, mentioning that the old clay sewer pipes were placed with easier-to-maintain plastic ones.

The work also included adding two big storm drains on C Street to improve drainage conditions, he said.

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A power company has sued over the botched demolition of its smokestack, accusing a contractor of negligence that caused more than $19 million in damage.

FirstEnergy Generation Corp and its sister company Ohio Edison filed a lawsuit last week against three companies involved in the demolition of the Mad River Power Plant two years ago.

The suit filed in the Clark County Common Pleas Court also details for the first time what might have lead the 275-foot-tall smokestack to fall the wrong way, pointing to a failure to cut a rebar and the way explosives were used.

Advanced Explosives Demolition Inc., Bet-Tech Construction Co. and Independence Excavating Inc. were involved in the project and are named in the suit. The Springfield News-Sun contacted all three contractors, but none of them returned calls Tuesday.

AED is accused in the suit of negligence, as well as other claims. Bet-Tech and Independence are accused in the suit of violating contract and liability claims.

The accident received national and international attention, particularly after a News-Sun video captured the smokestack falling the wrong way and onlooking employees and media members ran for cover.

The smokestack destroyed two Westinghouse turbine generators used by FirstEnergy for peak power demands and transmission lines, according to the lawsuit. FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin said the company is suing for the cost of replacing and repairing equipment.

Contrary to established industry practice, (Advanced Explosives Demolition) failed to cut the rebar on the rear of the stack, according to the complaint. Cutting that material would have weakened the structure in that spot and caused the stack to fall in the right direction, the lawsuit says.

AED chose to use additional explosives at that location, the suit says. This practice had the unintended effect of causing the stack to collapse on itself, and as a result, the direction of the collapse was uncontrolled.

Not only that, but the use of explosive delays created more instability, according to the complaint, and caused additional lack of control over where the stack was going to fall.

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By Robert Napper, Times Correspondent Robert NapperTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, November 14, 2012

NEW PORT RICHEY Michael Stanley's mobile home sits in the heart of a city demolition zone. But he's not going anywhere.

As crews Tuesday began razing the first of 50-some crumbling units in the Walden Pond Mobile Home Park, Stanley watched with relief as the heavy machinery turned trailers across from his home into metal toothpicks.

"It already looks like a war zone, so how is this going to be any worse?" he said. "It's just good to see some improvement."

Stanley, 50, a retired electrician, is one of a handful of residents still living in the dilapidated park off Oelsner Drive, just west of U.S. 19, and soon his mobile home will be one of the few left standing. About 10 units still have either owners or renters living in them and will be spared in the city-mandated cleanup.

The demolition came after months of wrangling between city officials and the park owner, Walden Pond LLC, which sent letters to residents in July telling them the park was closing and they had to leave.

Walden Pond managing partner Paul Beraquit has told the City Council that residents had stopped paying rent and his partnership tried to close the park for financial reasons. City officials said the park failed to follow proper eviction procedures. Some residents stayed, some left, and looters began tearing up empty units for scrap.

Stanley stayed behind because he owns his mobile home and it can't be moved from its concrete slab. He bought it 10 years ago and shares it with his 6-year-old son, Kody.

"It's the only home my son has ever known," Stanley said. "I've not been made an offer that is anywhere close to fair. I'm not asking for anything more than what's fair."

In the meantime, the park owners removed a Dumpster from the property, resulting in the accumulation of a fetid heap that city crews removed in September, at a cost of about $2,000.

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The demolition of older buildings poses an inevitable conflict as El Paso begins to revitalize downtown. That's even true of buildings by Henry C. Trost. Trost, who died in 1933..is the undisputed master of architecture in El Paso and the southwest. Among his hundreds of buildings Trost designed and built El Paso High School, the great mansions which still define the character of central El Paso,14 of our historically protected buildings downtown.. and 230 North Mesa, also called the Muir Building. This is the building which today sparked the classic preservation versus progress fight on the floor of city council. The first speaker was a man named Henry Trost. The architect was his great uncle..

Arguing for the preservation of the Muir Building and classic buildings in general. Trost told council, "I kind of look at it like a Christmas tree. You got a downtown with a lot of different buildings, and as you tear one down, you take a light or ornament off the Christmas tree, and it loses its allure and is no longer the same."

But Borderplex, the company with a contract to develop 230 North Mesa, and the two buildings next to it...came to council to argue the building must go.It's been vacant for four years and, cutting now to the bottom line..its what's called a non-contributing building-- no rental income, no products or services to help the local economy.

Bernard asked for permission to take the Muir Building down. "But if the council today were to deny our application for demolition wearing your historic preservation hats, the question becomes, where do you leave yourselves under the vacant building ordinance?"

With some regret, Courtney Niland, who represents downtown, moved that the demolition go ahead. Council unanimously agreed

Upset about the decison to destroy his famous ancestor's work, Henry Trost alsosounds skeptical. "I'm sad to see them tear it down. The others guys are talking about putting a building there, but i have a funny feeling there'll be a vacant lot there just like a lot of places on Mesa Street with parking lots and vacant lots. A sad ending to a Trost building? Right, and another vacant lot"

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