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Clean-up crews wearing protective suits and masks started bagging the smoky, sodden remains of a San Francisco novelty store Friday evening with the demolition of the business expected to begin Saturday.

"I was actually here two days ago looking for luggage," spectator Michael Garcia told KTVU, as he gazed at the ruined Big House Inc. store with dozens of other onlookers. "A lot of people depended on this place, you know?" added Garcia. "For the smaller prices and better deals."

But one person's loss is another's opportunity.

"The value lies in the location and the lot, " observed real estate agent Jim Appenrodt, also in the crowd. "This is the heart of the Mission and it's booming, absolutely booming."

Friday evening, the family that owns the property was back, looking through the debris. Previously they told KTVU they want to rebuild and restock the import merchandise that filled three stories: clothing, luggage, and toys.

But with the neighborhood ripe for investment right now, and 130 new condos going in less than a block away, the family may be persuaded to sell, instead of stay.

"People will line up for this spot," exclaimed Appenrodt, "You'd have to go ask the city and find out what they'd let you build there, and that's where the value lies."

First, the condemned building must come down. Fire helmets have been replaced by hard hats, as a demolition firm arrived, hired by the owner's insurance company.

"It's going to take some time, because we have to get all the way to the back of the building," Har-Bro Project Manager Bob Conley told KTVU, "so we'll have to take a little, clean it out, take a little, clean it out. We're not just going to knock it down."

Conley said every stage of the tear-down will be charted by a shoring engineer so it's safe for the workers and people on the busy corridor.

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Work has begun on the major mixed-use development downtown that is to replace the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre with two glassy apartment towers and four floors of shopping, said a spokesman for Owings Mills developer David S. Brown Enterprises LTD .

The garage beneath the theater closed this month and a construction fence now surrounds the property, located at the intersection of Charles and Baltimore streets. Formal demolition could start "any day," said Larry Lichtenauer of Lawrence Howard & Associates.

Current plans call for two towers of 33 and 19 stories each, with a total of 450 apartments on top of four floors of restaurants and shopping, Lichtenauer said. The project also includes a five-story parking garage.

David. S. Brown Enterprises plans to start with the 33-story tower, which includes 268 apartments, he said.

Downtown Partnership President Kirby Fowler said the area has declined as the citys commercial core and it is a relief to see the project moving forward.

The Mechanic has stood in the way of the continuing progress, said Fowler, adding that the 1967 building has not aged well and sits with its back to Charles Street. At some point just because a building was built, doesnt mean it has to stand forever. Mistakes are made sometimes.

The theater closed in 2004.One West Baltimore Street Associates LLC, a partnership that includes the co-owners of Arrow Parking and David S. Brown Enterprises, bought the property for $6 million in 2005.

The first plans presented for the property became embroiled in disputes about the historic value of the 1967 Brutalist structure. In 2008, the Planning Commission voted to deny the the building landmark status, overruling the recommendation of the citys commission for historical and architectural preservation.

One West Baltimore Street Associates LLC filed to demolish the building in 2012, but the historic commission officially disapproved of the move, stalling it for six months. The city issued a demolition permit in March, which would have expired Sept. 13, according to Baltimore Housing spokeswoman Cheron Porter. A second demolition permit was issued in August, she said.

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Published: 6 Sep 2014 09:00

INVERCLYDES largest housing association has done a u-turn on giving demolition-alerted Clune Park residents priority status for new homes.

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River Clyde Homes had awarded the tenants of private landlords special Group 3 status, meaning they were deemed to be about to lose their flats amid Inverclyde Council plans to bulldoze them.

But bosses have now rowed back from that position after being informed that the local authority cannot raze the properties to the ground at present as it faces hundreds of legal challenges.

Campaigners against the authoritys demolition plan today welcomed the River Clyde Homes (RCH) decision as sensible.

One property owner said: The simple fact is that no action whatsoever can be taken to demolish Clune Park at the moment, and there is a very good chance that will permanently remain to be the case.

The housing association has confirmed in an official email that it will not award the status to any Clune Park resident while the legal proceedings are active.

The move comes after council officials in charge of the controversial demolition and regeneration plans were recently accused of having complete contempt for the due process of law.

They were slammed by lawyers after letters outlining re-homing advice were sent out to residents, highlighting all of Inverclydes housing associations.

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The multiyear transformation of an asbestos-laced abandoned boiler house into a green office complex in Ambler, the installation of a Horace Trumbauer-designed ceiling for the Lincoln Ballroom of the Union League on Broad Street, and the conversion of the deteriorating Nugent Home for Baptists in Germantown into apartments were among winners of statewide historic-preservation awards announced Thursday.

Preservation Pennsylvania, an educational and advocacy group in Harrisburg, said this year's winners of its annual awards represented the fruits of patience and cooperation.

"Partnerships, cooperation, and taking the long-term view are themes that run through many of this year's projects," said Mindy Crawford, the group's executive director.

Other Philadelphia-area projects cited were the renovation of the Ruth L. Bennett Home for Women and Girls and the Wilson Memorial Nursery in Chester; renovation of the elephant house at the Philadelphia Zoo into KidZooU; the Rittenhouse Square centennial restoration; and creation of the Perk History app by the Perkasie Historical Society for use in schools and in walking tours of Bucks County.

The awards will be presented Sept. 26 at a ceremony at Juniata College in Huntingdon.

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