The former Grandville Middle School in Grandville, Michigan is being renovated to be used for adult special education and Community Education programs. This renovation entails the demolition of parts of the building that were added in 1923, 1927, and 1949. Most recently, this building was used as the campus for the 6th graders in the Grandville Public Schools. Prior to that, it was the middle school and in the 1960's was the local high school.
View from the corner of Ottawa Ave. and Superior St. before the demolition
Everything beyond the first four sets of windows will be demolished
View from Ottawa Ave. This will be torn down.
Early in the morning on the 3rd day of demolition.
Working on the third floor
Komatsu 300HD Excavator at work.
View from the corner during demolition.
Students won't look out these windows and daydream any longer.
They hosed down the debris to knock down the dust.
This Cat 330B was loading trucks with debris after the metal was sorted out.
Cutting bolts off a beam.
This half a classroom and chairs would be saved
A Kamatsu 300HD did the demolishing and a Cat 330B loaded trucks.
It'll take a week or two to clean up the site. This area will be used for parking.
After 8 days, the cleanup seems to be progressing nicely. Here they are hammering large concrete pieces from what used to be the gym when it was used as a high school.
South wall of the building on Aug 25th.
