Demolition of 3 North Adams buildings nearly complete

By Phil Demers

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Demolition of this home on Hall Street in North Adams carried extra costs due to extensive asbestos abatement and its precarious location atop a small cliff. (Scott Stafford The Berkshire Eagle)

NORTH ADAMS >> Two old buildings on West Main Street have been razed and demolition work continued Monday on a third, on Hall Street.

It was expected to cost a total of $162,400 to demolish the structures at 24-26 West Main St., 408 West Main St. and 94-96 Hall St. Fairly extensive asbestos abatement and the precarious position of the Hall Street structure, which sits on a small cliff, inflated costs and prolonged the labor.

Jay Mor Enterprises LLC of Pelham, N.H., is performing the work. The city paid the contractor with fiscal 2013 Community Development Block Grant funds, supplemented by a small amount of fiscal 2014 CDBG money.

The Office of Community Development keeps a running list of roughly 30 properties up for demolition. Mayor Richard J. Alcombright and Community Development Director Michael Nuvallie said the city chose these particular buildings out of need.

"We want to have the best possible impact on the community," Alcombright said.

"We try to go after the buildings in the worst shape," Nuvallie said.

The Hall Street structure ate up the majority of the total cost, at $90,900. "We owed it to the neighborhood," Alcombright said, noting that residents had waited 15 years for the city to remove it.

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Demolition of 3 North Adams buildings nearly complete