Thesaurus / demolition
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Built in 1897, the onetime dance hall and meeting space closed its doors in 1970, sank into disrepair, and was earmarked for demolition.
A COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDEKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe demolition will make way for a new development approved last year by the Arlington County Board.
TODAY IN D.C.: HEADLINES TO START YOUR FRIDAY IN D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIADANA HEDGPETH, TEDDY AMENABARDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe demolition will make way for new development approved last year by the Arlington County Board.
ROSSLYN’S HOLIDAY INN BUILDING WILL BE IMPLODED SUNDAY MORNINGJUSTIN WM. MOYERDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe demolition was handled—rather fittingly—by a woman-led team.
THE ‘TRIUMPH’ OF DISMANTLING HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S OLD COMPANY OFFICECLAIRE ZILLMAN, REPORTERDECEMBER 9, 2020FORTUNEWhen the Evergreen team—with a demolition crew that was 35% female, a high rate for the industry—arrived at the site, they found a few lingering signs that this office belonged to a notable former inhabitant.
‘I’VE HAD A LOT OF HARVEYS IN MY LIFE’: MEET THE FEMALE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER WHO DEMOLISHED THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY’S OLD OFFICEEHINCHLIFFEDECEMBER 9, 2020FORTUNEIn the reign of some of the English kings the demolition of such houses would not have been adjudged treason.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLVerse alone could ease the girl of her ecstacy, and each recorded and triumphed in the demolition of yet another day.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSAThe Sablonière Hotel, however, is now in course of demolition.
ART IN ENGLANDDUTTON COOKNo doubt all this was clear to Brownie, and that was why he took such fiendish delight in his work of demolition.
THE GENTLE ART OF COOKING WIVESELIZABETH STRONG WORTHINGTONHe deprecated the demolition of Mont Orgueil, 'a stately fort of great capacity,' which had cost more than 20,000 marks.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGWORDS RELATED TO DEMOLITION
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