Big changes underway at West Bay Plaza
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Looking from the construction fence-line on the west side of the building, this is the old Kmart store in the process of being demolished on Aug. 27. The front wall was torn down up to the store's main entrance. Interestingly, the initial focus on demolition had been taking down the building's roof and interior structure while leaving the outer walls standing, for the most part. Photo by Dan Hirschfeld
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Looking as though its taunting it, this is an excavator parked in front of the former Westlake Kmart store. The machine will be used to demolish the building when that process gets under way. August 13, 2017 picture. (As a note, all pictures accompanying this story were taken on the outside of the project's construction fence.)
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Looking as though its taunting it, this is an excavator parked in front of the former Westlake Kmart store. The machine will be used to demolish the building when that process gets under way. August 13, 2017 picture.
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The front of the old Kmart store before the beginning of the demolition process. August 13, 2017 picture.
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Two excavators parked in front of what used to be the garden center on the east side of the old Kmart store. The demoltion process is in progress in this August 20, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen through the former garden department entrance on the east side of the building. August 20, 2017 picture.
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Two excavators parked in front of what used to be the garden center on the east side of the old Kmart store. The demoltion process is in progress in this August 20, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen through the former main entrance. August 20, 2017 picture.
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Equipment used in the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen standing in front of the former main entrance. August 20, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen through the former main entrance. August 20, 2017 picture.
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A close-up view of the front of the old Kmart store, just to the right of the main entrance, during the demolition process in an August 20, 2017 picture.
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The front of the old Kmart store during the demolition process in an August 20, 2017 picture.
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Standing on the outside of the construction fence looking at what's left of the western portion of the old Kmart store. August 27, 2017 picture.
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Standing on the outside of the construction fence looking at what's left of the western portion of the old Kmart store. August 27, 2017 picture.
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With the western part of the old Kmart store's front wall taken down, an excavator used for the building's demolition can be seen sitting in what used to be the store's interior. August 27, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen through the former main entrance. August 27, 2017 picture.
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A view of what's left of the old Kmart store's west side from the West Bay Plaza parking lot in an August 27, 2017 picture.
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A sign advising of all the rules to be met to gain access to the old Kmart store's demolition site clearly posted on the construction fence. This is a very dangerous area and no one without business to be there is allowed inside the fence. August 27, 2017 picture.
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The main entrance of the old Kmart store during the demolition process in an August 27, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen through the former main entrance. August 27, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store can be seen through the former garden department entrance on the east side of the building. August 27, 2017 picture.
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What has become scrap metal is sorted and piled near one of the old Kmart store's still-standing walls in an August 30, 2017 picture.
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With the western part of the old Kmart store's front wall taken down, an excavator used for the building's demolition can be seen at work in what used to be the store's interior. August 30, 2017 picture.
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With the western part of the old Kmart store's front wall taken down, an excavator used for the building's demolition can be seen at work in what used to be the store's interior. August 30, 2017 picture.
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With the western part of the old Kmart store's front wall taken down, two excavators used for the building's demolition can be seen at work in what used to be the store's interior. August 30, 2017 picture.
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An excavator used in the demolition of the old Kmart store can be seen through a gap of what's left of the front wall. August 30, 2017 picture.
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With the western part of the old Kmart store's front wall taken down, an excavator used for the building's demolition can be seen at work in what used to be the store's interior. August 30, 2017 picture.
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This is the eastern front area of the old Kmart store during its demolition in an August 30, 2017 picture.
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Rubble from the demolition process of the old Kmart store, and the back of an excavator, can be seen through the former garden department entrance on the east side of the building. August 30, 2017 picture.
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This is the western front area of the old Kmart store during its demolition in an August 30, 2017 picture.
