GREENSBURG — With the push and pull of a 25-foot claw attached to heavy equipment stationed on South Pennsylvania Avenue in Greensburg workers started the laborious task to bring down a dilapidated former restaurant building Sunday morning, according to our news partners at Trib Live.
The three-story building that once housed the former Derby’s Delicatessen but has been vacant for last decade or more is expected to be a pile of rubble by late afternoon.
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“The existing owner of this delinquent property assured the city he will fix it up, but that hasn’t happened. These are the kinds of things that explain blight in our area,” said Brian Lawrence, executive director of the Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority, which is overseeing the demolition.
The building, at 127 South Pennsylvania Ave., according to property records, is owned by Merril LLC of Beverly Hills, Calif. Lawrence said officials believe the company name was changed as a tactic avoid legal responsibility for years of owed property taxes and it’s deteriorating condition.
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