history demolished: day 1, the beginning

This series can be seen on 2 of my Youtube channels through the playlist "History Demolished"
http://www.youtube.com/tizlizbiz
http://www.youtube.com/LizBizToo

Scroll down to 'video responses' to find the next vid in the series.
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For many of us, our belief in ill-ness does nothing but seemingly expand, and so do hospitals that care for us. That is what this demolition is about: making way for a hospital's construction plans to house more of us who need health care. Recently, older hospital buildings on their grounds were demolished to make way for an 11-story, $135 million heart tower that will address the rising demand for heart care by aging baby boomers. The hospital also continues to purchase homes in the surrounding area and demolish them. Ironic that the demolition in this video occurred on Valentine's Day, Febuary 14th.

I am not proud that my city, my state, my country, allows this to happen in the name of community redevelopment. I will never be pleased to see corporate concerns demolish our jewels of history. Surely there are ways to incorporate some of this architectural history into corporate plans for expansion. .

Some history-minded residents in the area saved much of the fine details of this house, removing mantels and woodwork, windows and more. The removal of the porch itself, an ornate, prime example of a gingerbread relic that is only momentarily seen in this video, will be shown in a future video, as will be the complete process of the demolition.

The images of the people and their happy sounds, the flowers and trees in bloom, are moments I have shared with the man who lived in the house. The house is gone now, but friendships like ours remain. The acronym for our self-named community of what used to be 3 houses was the W.O.W. (yes, my house was in the middle, hence my name "Mother O")...we've said to each other more than once that W.O.W. is a state of mind...I've never experienced such a feeling of community as I have here on the W.O.W.

In today's world, with wars, hate and killings, saving our historical structures is certainly not the highest priority. But this type of demolition does speak of our values and of our culture. I personally think it would be beneficial if we were to change this picture.

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[DaytonPlanB]

its really to bad ,when we lose such charm and

memory ,my house that i grew up in was tron down a few years ago ,right behind the new Miami Vally hospital ,but i got to get some photos before the event,great work ,the voices were a nice touch ,love kashmir

[LizBizToo]

@DaytonPlanB Yes, at least we can preserve a bit with photos! Thanks for watching and commenting, Kashmir....and excuse my tardy reply here. Makes me wonder if something is amiss with my YT notifications!

[manga12]

Another great looking victorian house gone. I wish I was full of money then I could save historical buildings in the surrounding communitys. like the old highschool in Auburn Indiana the gym is in the book of historical basketball gyms of Indiana, yet you think they would try harder to preserve it. I got in to it with a guy from the school board and had a discussion about it. He said they have to do what the taxpayers elect them to do, and that they could use the property for building trades.

[LizBizToo]

@manga12 A story that is repeated over and over again. At least today some cities and people are generally more aware of saving some of our history than they once were......thanks, manga12 :).

[manga12]

Boy that is uncanny people have responded back on my comments on demo videos within the last 20 minuts, first the one about the question if they tore down riverfront in cincy or not and now this one.

yes that is true, but you have to have a massive amount of people and lots of dedication to save anything it seems thesedays, though They are more concious about what they put in the place of the torn down building most of the time but not always.

[LizBizToo]

@manga12 Must be something in the air stirring the brain cells, mmm :)

I think Australia has it better than here: anything over 100 yrs old has to be reviewed before tear-down. We miss saving much because of limited historic districts or individual historic designation.

I sure agree on your last statement. Maybe more sensitive than we once were, but I sure see new construction that saddens me.

Come visit you soon, thanks again.

[enjoythevoyage]

Liz,

This is so sad! You are truly a genius at this having the technical skills & the background knowledge as well! Bravo (as usual)!

Hugs!

[6969Wolf6969]

kinda cool how they pop off the chimney first, then start eating their way though the roof. wow, total power in that machine. LOL. the guy running the track hoe seems really talented.

[LizBizToo]

@GreatGig1 You said it, Caylyn! (well, perhaps unless you're a multi-millionaire; quality of middle-class homes will never be what they once were. I live in a Victorian 'cottage' built for the ordinary man...with 12' ceilings, 3-course thick brick exterior walls.. and massive woodwork etc.)

Thanks for watching. Hope you're doing great! (and please excuse my bad tardy!)

[LizBizToo]

@photolitherland Hi, thank you for your comment.. I do know that the funds needed to move the houses play into that idea. Good you didin't watch the entire series. The demolition is not an easy thing to watch. I don't know the current status of possible protections, but our country's barns are fast becoming a thing of the past...just take a drive in the country for proof of that. Tiz a big shame....

(excuse that I missed your comment here! Thank you.)