Demolition Disheartening
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With redevelopment looming ("Sugar House shops forced out," March 7), it appears that Sugar House, like downtown, will have what little is left of its character surgically removed.
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In normal times, redevelopment of public housing to make way for mixed-income neighborhoods might have gone largely unopposed. But passions are high in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, where residents are desperate for cheap housing.
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Well, his house, his business and his car were destroyed.
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NEW YORK -- Panicked residents fear a partially dismantled building where a recent blaze killed two firefighters and stripped away protective coverings may be releasing some of the toxic contaminants that blanketed the neighborhood on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Contractors hired to clean up after Hurricane Katrina are fuming over delays in getting paid by FEMA, and some fear the red tape will discourage companies from bidding on the big rebuilding projects that lie ahead for New Orleans.
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Their homes are in ruins, many have only the clothes they&#39;re wearing, yet those who took a direct hit from hurricane Ivan returned to their neighbourhoods yesterday determined to rebuild.
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A rare vote by residents of a  dilapidated neighborhood has thrown the largest demolition  project in Beijing in decades into doubt, a result state media  on Monday described as an embarrassment for the developers.
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By Curtis Morgan and Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald Jun. 16--A key component of the Biscayne Landing cleanup appears to have gone sour. That could cost developers and, ultimately, Miami-Dade taxpayers.
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A rare vote by residents of a dilapidated neighborhood has thrown the largest demolition project in Beijing in decades into doubt, a result state media on Monday described as an embarrassment for the developers.
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COPENHAGEN -- Masked demolition workers tore down the graffiti-sprayed building yesterday that served as the makeshift cultural center for Denmark's anarchists and disaffected youth, ignoring sobs and screamed obscenities from a surrounding crowd of young people.
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The city wants slum dwellers in apartments, but demolitions have left thousands homeless.
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Expensive yachts were beached, tossed to the shore like toys. Well-built homes were reduced to splintered wood, or left without roofs. Utility poles and palm trees were snapped in two or uprooted.
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The federal government said Wednesday it will demolish some of the largest public housing projects in New Orleans, using the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help improve poor, crime-ridden neighborhoods.
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Rubble from Hurricane Charley is still piled along the streets. Plywood still covers many blown-out windows, and blue tarps still cover holes torn in the roofs.
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A British architectural historian has an unusual specialty: he focuses on architectsâ designs that have been taken apart.
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A removal company is contacting hundreds of families whose personal belongings were lost in a large fire at a storage depot.
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A KEY building in the history of British democracy is facing ruin unless campaigners find a means of repairing it soon.