Video of a house being demolished in Detroit. This abandoned house had become an eyesore, and since no one was rehabbing it, the house was stripped of its brick outer layer and then demolished. Read about the video at www.detroitvide...
It's amazing, someone was living in this house in 2009. The house and the property was still OK. By 2011, no one was living there, and every window in the house was broken. This place must have been vandalized pretty badly.
Yeah, it was vandalized, but I had seen houses in worse shape not get demolished. An unfortunate end, and nothing but an empty lot at this point. - Thanks for watching!
It's funny how you can tear down a house without ensuring safety of the road users and local residents. The site is not boarded up to prevent debris and dust going onto main road. Even the road is not closed for the duration of works! How could this happen in a country where people like to sue? As for Detroit, it's a real shame. Once upon a time it was one of the greatest cities in the world.
mikemihh I thought is was odd also. They could have easily blocked one lane, but that would've meant having another worker present to direct traffic. My guess is the city wants to do these tear downs as cheap as possible. Thanks for watching the video!
My first thought was, wow, this must have been a beautiful house when it was lived in. So many interesting angles in the roof, a front porch, bay windows, partially brick, partially wood sided, and quite a large house! My second thought was, why take out part of the first floor first, and have the second and third floors hanging in mid-air?!
Dust control! What dust control? Only one person with a 1.5 inch or 2 inch firehose?? should have had at least 3 people with maybe a 4 inch hose each!!
1 down, 40,000 to go. I remember when the neighborhood around that area was full of those types of homes with well maintained yards. The really sad thing is that most of them were constructed of old-growth lumber that just can't be found today. Several years ago, a company offered to the City to tear down such places, IF they could take their time and reclaim all of the old, collectible fixtures and that wonderful wood. AND, they were going to do it for FREE .... of course, the city balked at the idea and threw so many conditions and restrictions at the company, they walked away.
Good riddance. See the top portion just kind of fold in on itself? Structurally homes don’t do that. You can tell the wood has been rotting and weakening for some time.
A lot of people in the comments are blaming either the government or large businesses, in reality many of these houses have fallen into disrepair and would probably collapse on their own it's safer and cheaper to demolish the property than renovate it
Location,Location,Location The first 3 rules of real estate. Buildings are neglected when the neighborhood goes to shit. In Detroit that building is worthless, In the Shadyside or Squirrel Hill sections of Pittsburgh, It would never been allowed to get as run down. In those sections MOST of the houses are the same age as this and they go for a half million dollars or more.
With today's prices of lumber, I would pick thru and salvage some of the good pieces and re-use whenever possible. Could use on tool sheds, garages, fences, etc.
Once a great city & the surrounding areas. The decline in the U S auto mfg. & moving out to destroy the unions left the city in shambles. Can't blame it all on blacks, They just couldn't get out & left with this mess
Iv tore down several houses and general buildings BUT, I can't believe the street was not closed at least on one side and I don't think the electric lines were protected, and that stationary thumb needs to be taken off and replaced with a hydraulic one, but it all worked out😎
@@chrisworster4878 it's not the citizens, it's the thrugs that live in these neighborhoods known as the hoods. Such beautiful homes. Just a pure shame.
He's watering the building because when they tear them down it creates a lot of dust. Especially when the big pieces come falling down! Glad you liked the video. Detroit's a cool place. :)
...very nice demo, although I have to wonder why I see so many demolition contractors using excavators with thumbs on them, but the thumb itself is never used. I'm sure it will be to load the debris in the dumpster, but I'd think it'd also be used to demolish the house as well.
Marcais Lawson The thumb is used for picking and sorting things like steel and metals in the debris. It's quicker to use the bucket for the demo. You rarely see sorting and loading as it is boring to watch compared to the demo.
Such a lovely old home. I understand why this is happening and I don't oppose it. However it breaks my heart to see these beautiful old homes wasted like this. Detroit is a good example of the destruction the Democratic Party has wrought against the people of this country. I wonder how many of these old beauties are going to suffer their last indignity this year. Their slow decline was bad enough.
Thanks for watching! But I don’t believe it’s true that the Democratic Party brought this on. It was a beautiful home. And at one time for the first owner was excited and happy to be there. A sad end for this one and many others.
A nice century-old specimen for sure. Built of quality lumber you cannot buy now! Sad loss but Detroit has ruined everything. I left it behind 15 years ago to simmer and sweat in Florida.
@@Dallas_K I wouldn't say Detroit's "ruined everything." Downtown has been transformed. Still waiting for the neighborhood's to get the same attention. At least there's no snow in Florida! Thanks for watching!
Its a shame they could have put a homeless family or people in there instead of tearing it down. It lookes like a beautiful sound safe house to me but you really dont know if it had problems with the gas electric or water supply or if it had mould or asbestos i would love to live in a house like that though. Its a shame big shame its gone
On pages like this, one comes to see how the houses are demolished. If you think the demolitions are incorrect, then turn to the local politicians or to political sites. ..and.. If you really feel for the homeless, buy a house yourself and donate it to them.
I agree it's sad that it's gone. But, no one likes living around open and dangerous houses that are stripped. It's sad that it couldn't have been rehabbed. Thanks for watching!
The guy with the water hose never walked over and picked up the board that was sitting in the street that was 5 ft. from him. And I betcha another 7-11 went up on that lot.
Not really a dollar, the city would most likely make you pay up on the years of missing taxes, and make you pay taxes on it at a 60000 dollar value (what the city appraised it as)
you know what that house could have easlily been restored but no the people in that area had to say that house such an eye sore please tear down that house now
It's sad to see what happened to Detroit after 50 years of a democrat government. What was once the auto capital of the world the factory areas now look like a war zone of destruction. When the factories closed and many were out of jobs many had to leave Detroit leaving their homes left to destruction.
Blaming a city's problems on Democratic government or leadership isn't the case. There are many other factors and many more important than a "Democratic mayor" that is often used to cast blame. What about all the Republican business owners or Republican board members who sit on corporate boards? What I'm trying to point out is that you can have a Democrat mayor, but Republicans in other powerful or influential positions that affect a city.
