demolition
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After multiple attempts to order Lowe to pull down the building, the council took her to court after she failed to comply with the demolition order.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Building the grand staircase today would require the demolition of hundreds of apartments and stores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
During the demolition, she writes, “I received pictures of the destruction step by step from people in DC. I could barely look.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
It includes plans for 33 apartments within three-and-a-half storey buildings and the demolition of the existing building to the east of Rodger's Quay.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
On Fifth Avenue that summer, demolition was soon to begin on the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, clearing the way for a skyscraper of unprecedented proportions, the Empire State Building.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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