Tossing Out the Crap

By Heidi Walters / Jan. 13, 2010, 4:04 p.m.

stuff flies from window before demolition of OTB&G bldg after quake

Workers this afternoon were tossing junk into a truck from an alley-side window of the decrepit, former Old Town Bar and Grill building, finished off by Saturday’s quake. A hardhat monitoring the work from the ground said they had a ways to go with clean-out. He said they found lots of junk but also some cool antiques socked away in there.

The stuff shoved out the windows by black-gloved fellows looked like papers and files and such.

The worker on the ground said demo might not begin for a day or so. And then they’ll go inside, remove the supports and start folding the walls inward.

“No big wrecking ball action?”

“No.”

13 Comments

Comment / By Mike Dronkers / Jan. 13, 2010, 4:16 p.m.

No wrecking ball? At the very least, they owe the city an old-timey TNT blast with one of those bike pump-style detonators.

Comment / By godknot / Jan. 13, 2010, 4:19 p.m.

I want to see all the ‘cool antiques’ they found socked away inside.

Comment / By Heidi Walters / Jan. 13, 2010, 4:28 p.m.

Or at least an old-fashioned LV ‘plosion (sans cheesy soundtrack): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEuc3NYHX9M

Comment / By anonnu / Jan. 13, 2010, 9:45 p.m.

They told me it’d be weeks before they could start. I guess we’ll see.

Comment / By Kate / Jan. 13, 2010, 11:33 p.m.

Hey it’s at least giving someone a paying job

Comment / By Lura Kilpatric / Jan. 13, 2010, 11:35 p.m.

SO sad, really. I worked at OTBG many years ago and have many happy memories of that place.

Comment / By Lura Kilpatric / Jan. 13, 2010, 11:35 p.m.

SO sad, really. I worked at OTBG many years ago and have many happy memories of that place.

Comment / By Lura Kilpatric / Jan. 13, 2010, 11:35 p.m.

SO sad, really. I worked at OTBG many years ago and have many happy memories of that place.

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