Auditorium Partly Gone...

Several days later this was all that was left, although the stage part didn't come down for about another month later. The demolition company doing the work got into hot water with the Ministry of Labour and work was halted for several months at this point. Toxic dust from the demolition of the buildings blowing into the nearby subdivision was part of it. Irionically the same people that squacked wanting the buildings torn down complained again when they finally did start tearing them down about dust and noise. I also believe that parties interested in preserving the old buildings were trying to halt the demolition, though by this time it was too late. They had years to try to preserve the buildings and probably would of succeeded if they had taken the initiative years ago before vandals destroyed all the buildings. I was told that the local town council was going to try to develop the buildings into something usefull, like a professional business park but when investers went to look at them they saw the damage and neglect and it was an embarrasment to the town officials who thus enraged had them slated for demolation. It didn't take them long to start demolishing them either once they decided on it.