building the new, bigger and better Shabbos House Student Center
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Excavator and
Chipper now on-site
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An excavator tractor and a wood-chipper have been delivered to the 320 site to be used in the house-demolition and removal and the land-clearing scheduled for the first week of June. An excavator tractor and a wood-chipper have been delivered to the 320 site to be used in the house-demolition and removal and the land-clearing to be done in the first week of June. |
| Building meetings for first week in June |
As construction
documents progress, we met during the first week of June to discuss:
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| 320 Demolition on June 12th 2008 |
This long-awaited day has finally
come. On Thursday, June 12th, 9th of Sivan, the house at 320 finally
came down. See the
"320 Demolition" pictures slideshow on Picasa,
(link is now fixed) a few short video
clips are searchable by the same title on YouTube and on our Facebook
profile: "Shabbos House".
A few neighbors came by as the house came down. One remembers playing as a child with the Fricke kids who lived in 320. Many students have memories of times in 320. But it's coming down as Jewish Law says, "Destroying in order to Build." Mr. Micheli operating the big excavator tractor was precise in his destruction, doing one section at a time, ensuring the house would fall in on itself and not into the neighbors property. All that remained at the end of Thursday was the basement and foundation for the first floor, a huge pile of rubble above it, and the entrance doorway with the numbers 320 still intact. See the pictures. |