PITTSBURGH (KDKA) There are new details on the construction on Route 28.

A major hang up for the project has been St. Nicholas Church. On Thursday, demolition plans for the church were revealed, but there are also big changes that drivers will see starting on Friday.

The progress on the Route 28 reconstruction project comes to a quick halt as you turn the curve into the stretch that runs past St. Nicholas Church.

This will be the final phase of the project, and PennDOT wont let the contracts here until next summer, leaving plenty of time for PennDOT to consider the possibility of design changes.

As a crew removed asbestos, the city, Diocese, contractor and PennDOT met at the church Thursday morning to discuss the plan to bring the building down the third week of December

Pittsburgh Demolition Manager Paul Loy says it will leave behind a sloped hillside up against the retaining walls that are in the back of the property.

Only a few specific items will be preserved.

The statue in the grotto, the bells, the cornerstone and I believe the cross on the roof are all going out to the St. Nicholas in Millvale, said Loy.

The work will require lane closures and possibly closing the road completely for short periods of time.

But Loy says the contractor is planning to do the work during the overnight hours and will leave rush hours alone.

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A New Zealand court has halted the planned demolition of earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral until further notice.

The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) went to the High Court at Christchurch in October saying the cathedral's owner is breaching a 2003 Act protecting church buildings, and that it has a moral and legal responsibility to save it.

A decision by High Court Justice Lester Chisolm was released on Thursday afternoon.

He ruled a judicial review must consider the decision to partially deconstruct and partially demolish the church. He also said demolition work must be stopped until further notice.

No date has been set for the judicial review.

The church's owner, Church Property Trustees, decided in March to bring the building down to a level of two to three metres to meet safety standards.

Apart from the deconstruction of what remained of the tower, no major steps had been taken to implement the decision.

GCBT, led by former MP Jim Anderton, argued the purpose of the trust was to maintain and repair the cathedral and the decision to demolish it 'defeats that central purpose of the trust'.

The church had argued that two paragraphs in the Act which stated that the trust can 'build on or develop any property whatsoever' gives it the ability to deconstruct the building.

Bishop Victoria Matthews told Radio New Zealand the church would take time to consider the decision.

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A New Zealand court has halted the planned demolition of earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral until further notice.

The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) went to the High Court at Christchurch in October saying the cathedral's owner is breaching a 2003 Act protecting church buildings, and that it has a moral and legal responsibility to save it.

A decision by High Court Justice Lester Chisolm was released on Thursday afternoon.

He ruled a judicial review must consider the decision to partially deconstruct and partially demolish the church. He also said demolition work must be stopped until further notice.

No date has been set for the judicial review.

The church's owner, Church Property Trustees, decided in March to bring the building down to a level of two to three metres to meet safety standards.

Apart from the deconstruction of what remained of the tower, no major steps had been taken to implement the decision.

GCBT, led by former MP Jim Anderton, argued the purpose of the trust was to maintain and repair the cathedral and the decision to demolish it 'defeats that central purpose of the trust'.

The church had argued that two paragraphs in the Act which stated that the trust can 'build on or develop any property whatsoever' gives it the ability to deconstruct the building.

Bishop Victoria Matthews told Radio New Zealand the church would take time to consider the decision.

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Demolition begins on the Gottchalks building at Coddingtown Mall to make way for a new Target store on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012.

Demolition of the former Gottschalks department store building at Coddingtown mall began Thursday morning to make way for a Target expected to open in 2014.

Crews using heavy machinery ripped through the exterior walls of the two-story Santa Rosa building, collapsing the southwest corner and sending the black letters of the Gottschalks sign crashing into a pile of twisted rubble.

It's exciting to see it come down, said Rick Freeman, president of the Codding Construction, which built the structure that was previously home to the Liberty House and Macy's department stores. It's served its purpose.

The project is the latest step in the mall's efforts to reinvigorate the 1960s era shopping center. The mall's owners have spent millions in recent years on upgrades that have attracted new tenants, including a Whole Foods and BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse.

For us as a company this is a monumental milestone for the future redevelopment and revitalization of Coddingtown, said Kirstie Moore, property and development manager of Codding Enterprises, which built the mall and now owns 50 percent of it with partner Simon Property Group.

In addition to the department store, portions of the adjoining mall also will be demolished to allow Target to nestle into the mall by about 80 feet.

The work is being handled by NCM Demolition and Remediation of Dublin. Crews began stripping the interior of the building and prepping it for demolition about two weeks ago.

About 95 percent of the materials in the steel and concrete block building will be recycled as part of the project, Freeman said.

After the building is down and debris hauled off, Codding Construction will begin prepping the site with new utilities and parking lot improvements before turning it over to Target for construction of a 143,000-square-foot single-story big box store.

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