So a feature blog with lots of pictures needs a before, during and after, so here goes (although the final "after" won't be until some time later after this entry still I wanted to get in some good shots):
Here's The building just before the wrecking ball
I then walked across the cable bridge over the falls directly to my right (not pictured, but I'm standing on it) and moved over for a closer shot. I figured they would break brick at high noon and was correct in that they hooked the wrecking ball on to the cable at noon, but took first swing at 9 minutes after and the first brick fell at 12:11pm
It's actually a slow tedious process and great care is taken care of to reduce dust by spraying water on the brick as it falls off. In total the city has budgeted roughly $800,000.00 for demolition expense and another $500,000.00 for restoration. Today at the Spokane Parks and Recreation Park Board meeting $80,000.00 (out the original amount allocated for demolition) was approved to remove the additional asbestos that was found. Here's the after shot (next day)...
Park Director Leroy Eadie says that they are not over budget. The site will be returned to park land after having served as the central location for the YMCA since the days of the World's Fair back in the 1970's. Rob's Demolition of Coeur d'Alene is under contract for the work.
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