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Demolition
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Demolition Photos - Week Three
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Late March snow did not slow the demolition process. The north lot is visible through the former front entrance.
3/26/02
A large portion of the west wall has been removed.
3/26/02

A view of the building and the north lot from the north.
3/26/02
Seen from Grove Avenue only a third of the building remains.
3/26/02

From Lake Street the building has begun to look hollow.
3/27/02

The remaining back third of the building silhouetted by the neighboring church.
3/27/02

A bulldozer parked in the former non-fiction section near the main staircase.
3/28/02

From the south west corner the building seems one-story tall.
3/28/02

The main staircase is visible from the corner of Lake Street and Grove Avenue.
3/29/02

An excavator removes debris from the basement level while a grapple hook and wrecking ball stand ready.
3/29/02
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