PRINCETON: Hospital demolition scheduled for Friday

Demolition of the old Princeton Hospital is scheduled to begin Friday when crews begin to raze a one-story building next to the parking garage, the town said Monday.

This weeks work is the first step of a process that could take up to six months, depending on the weather. Developer AvalonBay is having its demolition company clear the site for a 280-unit residential development that will be built there.

"It has been a long time coming and we could not be more thrilled that mobilization for demolition is underway. We look forward to bringing this big eyesore down quickly, safely and with minimal disruption to the community," said AvalonBay vice president Jon Vogel by email Monday.

Town engineer Robert V.Kiser said Monday that the demolition company would use an excavator with a large claw attached at the end "reach up and take portions of the building down in pieces." No explosives will be used.

Officials have said there would be air and noise monitors on the site. Mr. Kiser said the perimeter walls around Franklin Avenue and Witherspoon Street would stay up to minimize the noise from the demolition. Those walls will come down at a later point.

Mr.Kiser said the demolition company has no plans to work this coming Saturday.

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