There is an article in
today's Herald about the demolition. They have moved on from the slow, hand and small machine work to demolition with excavators. There are currently two on site, a smaller Komatsu 220 with a bucket and grapple, probably for debris. A larger Komatsu 400 has a large Jaws of Life-like attachment and is doing most of the demo. They are already to street level of part of the north garage section.
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Demolition closes streets
Mon. Feb 22 - 4:54 AM
The demolition of the former Chronicle Herald building on Argyle Street in Halifax is entering the next phase with a series of planned street closures.
Dexter Construction, which has the contract to pull the building down, says demolition activities are set to start.
Work to take apart the interior of the building began in December.
Pedestrians will still be able to walk through the area while the streets are closed to vehicles.
The list of affected streets and dates are:
•Grafton Street between Prince and Sackville streets. Street closure, starting Monday and ending Friday.
•Prince Street between Argyle and Grafton streets. Street closure, Wednesday to Friday.
•Intersection of Prince and Argyle streets, which will result in the closure of Prince from Barrington Street to Grafton Street and Argyle Street from Carmichael Street to Sackville Street, Sunday until March 3.
•Argyle Street between Prince and Sackville streets. Street closure, Sunday until March 5.
•Grafton, Prince, Argyle and Sackville streets. Periodic disruptions and traffic stoppages until the end of April.