Monday, July 22, 2013

And the Wall Comes Tumbling Down

The little infill house at 124 Union Street is being deconstructed and with it the surviving wall of an 18th-century Dutch house. All last week, the wall continued to stand while workers dismantled the upper floor of the infill house, but today, the wall slowly and inexorably started coming down. By evening, the wall was almost entirely reduced to a pile of bricks--all of which, I'm told, will be salvaged and reused.

The wall last week

The wall at 1:45 today
The wall at 4:30 today

   
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  1. unheimlichJuly 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM

    A wistful moment.

    The fate of this wall was a difficult decision. I thank the Historic Preservation Commission for making it instead of me.

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