Moving history...

[Condor]

Moving a historic building in DC...Of course to build a "modern building" in it's place.

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[runamok]

How far are they going with it?

[TLG]

Moving house...literally: Entire historic DC apartment block is hoisted onto wheels and sent down the road to make way for new development


Moving house is rarely a simple affair, but spare a thought for these workers - tasked with moving an entire apartment block to make way for a new development.

The historic building on New York Avenue near 4th street in Washington DC, was deemed to important to be demolished and is instead being moved a short distance down the block to make way for the new construction.
A team from structural relocation firm Expert House Movers bricked up the lower windows to improve the structural integrity before hoisting the entire building onto a wheeled platform so it can be moved, inch by inch, to its new location.
The company, which was founded in 1954, uses powerful hydraulic jacks to uproot structures from their foundations before placing them on heavy duty dollies and wheeling them to their new sites at speeds of around 30 metres an hour.
Lovers of historic architecture can rest easy as the family firm has an impeccable record in moving large structures having relocated dozens of huge buildings including grain silos, a light house and even an entire New York airport terminal which weighed an astonishing 7,400 tons.


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The team from Expert House Movers bricked up the lower windows to improve the structural integrity before hoisting the entire structure onto the wheeled platform

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Expert House Movers, the firm tasked with the move, has an impeccable record in moving large structures having relocated dozens of huge buildings including grain silos, a light house and even an entire New York airport terminal

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A worker chisels away at a steel support to ensure the building is perfectly cradled before it is moved to its new location

[jazzman]

Pic #5 in condors post shows a big sag in the middle...somethings' not going right...lol.

[TLG]

Not a sag ,, its the design og the building
Take a look at the brick height count, between the Centre and the end
Also take a look at the background buildings ,, same design ,, they slant to one side