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Reaction to White House Demo Firm: 'Shame on You!'

Online critics slam Maryland contractor as Trump pursues $250M White House ballroom addition

(Newser) - A Maryland demolition company has found itself at the center of public outrage after it began tearing down part of the White House's East Wing to make room for President Trump's proposed $250 million ballroom. Dozens of one-star reviews flooded Aceco LLC's Google page in a matter...

White House Says It Will Submit Ballroom Plans

...eventually

(Newser) - The Trump administration is already moving full-steam ahead with a $250 million White House ballroom project, but said Tuesday it would eventually submit plans for federal review despite the fact that demolition of the East Wing is well underway , Reuters reports. The White House said only that it will submit...

Treasury Staffers Get Warning as WH Ballroom Build Begins

Treasury employees, whose offices are next to White House, told no pictures during East Wing demolition

(Newser) - The Treasury Department has directed its employees to avoid photographing or sharing images of construction at the White House's East Wing, following a wave of viral photos showing demolition for President Trump's planned $250 million ballroom. Treasury staff, whose offices neighbor the site, received an internal email warning...

Demolition of White House East Wing Begins
East Wing Demolition Begins
Oct 20, 2025 3:21 PM CDT

East Wing Demolition Begins

$250M ballroom is going up at White House

(Newser) - Demolition crews tore into a part of the White House on Monday as part of President Trump's ballroom project. Heavy machinery was spotted taking down a portion of the East Wing, with Secret Service members and others watching from nearby, reports the Washington Post . The sounds of construction...

Marilyn Monroe's Home Once Again Saved From Demolition

Homeowners lose court fight as landmark status is upheld

(Newser) - Marilyn Monroe's former Brentwood residence has once again sidestepped demolition, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Los Angeles City Council first intervened last summer , granting the Spanish Colonial-style home historic cultural monument status and halting the owners' teardown plans. Last week, an LA Superior Court judge rejected a...

Jane Austen Landmark Has a Date With a Wrecking Ball

Current owners have permission to raze Ashe Park House, where the author attended balls in her youth

(Newser) - A country house with "well-proportioned rooms" where a young Jane Austen apparently partied down is not much longer for this earthly realm. As the Independent reports, Ashe Park House, near Basingstoke, is set for demolition, to the angst of Austen fans and locals alike. The current owners, Shuk Ting...

Award-Winning Building Is Being Demolished
Award-Winning Building Has
Become a 'White Elephant'
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Nov 17, 2024 7:01 AM CST

Award-Winning Building Has Become a 'White Elephant'

UK's Centenary Building isn't even 30, but 'aging infrastructure' necessitates demolition, per school

(Newser) - In 1996, the then-new Centenary Building on the campus of Salford University won an esteemed architectural award as Britain's best new building, with judges calling it "a dynamic, modern, and sophisticated exercise in steel, glass, and concrete." Now, less than 30 years later, the empty structure has...

3 Dead, 4 Seriously Hurt in Mississippi Bridge Collapse

Workers were prepping bridge for demolition when something went wrong

(Newser) - Three people were killed and four were seriously injured Wednesday when a bridge in Mississippi that was closed nearly a month ago collapsed while a work crew was prepping it for demolition, authorities said. The bridge over the Strong River on State Route 149 in Simpson County, about 40 miles...

Crews Bring Down Span of Key Bridge
Explosives Fell
Key Bridge Span
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May 13, 2024 7:30 PM CDT

Explosives Fell Key Bridge Span

Demolition is intended to allow traffic through Baltimore port to resume

(Newser) - Crews set off a network of linked explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom, the steel section crumpled into the water in seconds. The explosives flashed orange and let off plumes of black smoke upon...

Bryan Kohberger's Lawyers Get Access to Murder House

The home in Idaho is being torn down this month

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger's legal team has gained access to the home where he allegedly murdered four University of Idaho students in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022. The defense indicated they may take photographs, measurements, and drone footage of the house on King Road in Moscow, which is to...

Developers Must Rebuild Old Inn They Destroyed

Brick by brick, says the court order in the UK

(Newser) - The Punch Bowl Inn on a quiet country road in Lancashire, England, had stood for 300 years when its owners took a bulldozer to it in 2021. They must regret doing any such thing, and not just because of reports suggesting they disturbed the building's rumored ghosts. As the...

After Idaho Murders, a 'Healing Step'

House where 4 University of Idaho students were killed is to be demolished, per the school

(Newser) - The off-campus home where four University of Idaho students were slain last year has been given to the school by its owner, and the school plans to knock it down. A university spokeswoman tells the Washington Post that the demolition will take place before the end of the spring semester....

2 Towers Crash Down in India's Biggest-Ever Demolition
India Demolishes
2 Illegal High-Rises
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Aug 28, 2022 8:42 AM CDT

India Demolishes 2 Illegal High-Rises

New Delhi apartment towers were never lived in

(Newser) - Two high-rise apartment towers in India were leveled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the country's top court declared them illegal for violating building norms, officials said. They became India's tallest structures to be razed to the ground. More than 1,500 families vacated...

Adventurers, This Dicey Cabin No Longer an Option
Adventurers, This Dicey
Cabin No Longer an Option
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Mar 26, 2022 6:30 AM CDT

Adventurers, This Dicey Cabin No Longer an Option

Canada says high-altitude Abbot Pass Hut must be dismantled because of erosion

(Newser) - For those with an adventurous streak, a century-old cabin that overlooks the Continental Divide in Canada might have been the perfect retreat. But as Gizmodo reports, the famed Abbot Pass Hut is no longer an option. The hut sits about 10,000 feet above sea level in Canada's Rocky...

Teams Drill Holes for Explosives in Remaining Structure

Officials worry storm will take bring building down at the wrong place

(Newser) - Crews were setting up the part of the Florida condo building that's still standing for demolition on Sunday, while others were preparing the site for a tropical storm. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the Federal Emergency Management Agency recommended the structure be brought down, WPLG reports. Teams were...

Surfside Crews Plan Demolition for Sunday

Officials want operation to take place before storm hits but have details to work out

(Newser) - Demolition workers plan to bring down the remainder of a collapsed condo building on Sunday ahead of an approaching storm that added to worries that the damaged structure could come down on its own, officials said Saturday. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, meanwhile, said two more bodies were found in...

City Is Auctioning Chance to Dynamite Trump Plaza

Funds will benefit Atlantic City charity

(Newser) - Part of President Trump's former empire is going to come crashing down next month—and Atlantic City wants to use the moment to raise money for a good cause. The former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino is being dynamited on Jan. 29, and the city is auctioning off the...

'Robot' Building Is Coming Down
'Robot' Building Is Coming Down
Nov 14, 2020 12:00 PM CST

'Robot' Building Is Coming Down

Unused building in Russia is slated for demolition

(Newser) - A hulking, never-occupied building sardonically likened to a robot's head that has loomed over the Russian city of Kaliningrad for decades is to be demolished next year, the region's governor says, per the AP . The 21-story House of Soviets was left unfinished when funding ran out in 1985...

$22M Mansion Is Set to Be Razed. City Says Good Riddance

Developer plans to demolish luxury Palm Beach residence formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - The waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein is currently under contract, but don't expect to see it for much longer once the developer who bought it officially gets the keys. CNN Business reports the $22 million, 14,000-square-foot home along the Intracoastal Waterway will...

'Leaning Tower of Dallas' Designer Explains Why It Won't Fall

Thomas Taylor is pretty amused, too

(Newser) - The designer of the "Leaning Tower of Dallas" has been taking a wry pride in the stubborn resistance the creation is presenting to explosives and the wrecking ball, the AP reports. Thomas Taylor is the principal design engineer for Dallas-based Datum Engineers, which designed the 49-year-old, 11-story Affiliated Computer...

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