Job Corps in Flames

Timkin · April 25, 2011, 10:11:17 PM

Im sure M-train will come on to gloat and bug me for not saving the building.. set your clocks by it. its a certainty.

peestandingup · April 25, 2011, 10:28:41 PM

They're tearing it down right now. Got some video:

http://vimeo.com/22871245

Timkin · April 25, 2011, 10:30:04 PM

Ive seen it after drinking a half a bottle of pepto bismol

Timkin · April 25, 2011, 10:31:59 PM

sure did not waste any time getting it down. No attempt at all to save any features.

* sigh

tpot · April 25, 2011, 10:46:12 PM

No, they are bringing this down in the middle of the night.....no salvaging going on here......

Timkin · April 25, 2011, 11:19:14 PM

excuse me? about me? No it is not about me, Stephen.

thekillingwax · April 25, 2011, 11:42:14 PM

I'm not sure what could've been safely salvaged, those aerial pics were devastating, with those walls buckling inward like that, I'm thinking the whole thing was very unsafe to be around after the fire. I'm sure the investigators probably would've liked a closer look at the building as well. It's a shame.

Timkin · April 25, 2011, 11:43:55 PM

sure is.. guess we will never know why it burned down.

sheclown · April 26, 2011, 06:41:34 AM

Quote from: Timkin on April 25, 2011, 11:43:55 PM
sure is.. guess we will never know why it burned down.

....just like the others.

mtraininjax · April 26, 2011, 08:30:13 AM

QuoteIt is just a shame. I wonder how many more will follow it

Every vacant building is a target, and getting worse with 47% of Jacksonville citizens under water with their mortgages. If this city does not see some significant job growth this year and soon, we will see a lot more empty buildings and thieves stripping what they can where they can.

johnnyroadglide · April 26, 2011, 10:03:26 AM

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what that demolition cost the city of Jacksonville? The dollar cost. Not the historical cost.

Timkin · April 26, 2011, 10:26:02 AM

half a million?

ChriswUfGator · April 26, 2011, 10:43:25 AM

More like <$100k.

A building about 1/3 of this one's size was <$20k to demolish about 4 years ago, when the market for construction/labor was still inflated. It will probably be cheaper now, cost-wise, and on top of that this building had a major fire which significantly reduces the amount of tonnage that needs to be disposed of. Given this one is 3-4X the size, you can figure probably around $80k-$100k.

KuroiKetsunoHana · April 26, 2011, 10:50:08 AM

unsafe though it may've been, there was still a lot ov sturdiness there. went by there last night, and they were having a hell ov a time with it.

johnnyroadglide · April 26, 2011, 10:50:57 AM

Great guess Chris. I have it on good authority its 100 grand. Now the city will try and get that back by placing a lien on the property, but its doubtful they will ever get the full 100k.