Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has vetoed a budget amendment that would support a newly enacted city policy requiring the deconstruction — rather than demolition — of historic houses, saying the policy has hindered the redevelopment of blighted properties.

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Eden's Guelig Waste Removal and Demolition will tear down buildings to make way for Foxconn Technology Group's factory, under a deal approved by the Mount Pleasant Village Board on Monday.

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State officials on Wednesday pledged $500,000 to the city of Janesville to help raze a General Motors factory that has languished for nearly a decade there.

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Construction crews are beginning demolition work at the former General Motors plant in southern Wisconsin.

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One of the country's largest domed stadiums collapsed Monday into a pile of jagged concrete and a vast cloud of smoke in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta.

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Milwaukee’s Common Council has approved a proposal that would require certain residential properties scheduled for demolition to instead be deconstructed. Specifically, the deconstruction requirements would apply to structures that were built before 1930, are found in a historic district or have ...

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A pair of Milwaukee city officials say residents and the environment stand to benefit if older buildings are deconstructed, rather than simply demolished.

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A contractor demolishing a house in southeastern Wisconsin has retrieved a purple heart from the rubble.

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Josh Stewart was once a man in trouble. After having served 30 months in the criminal justice system for the illegal possession of firearms, he found himself on the outside with few opportunities for employment or housing.

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Part of a building that was once a staple of manufacturing in Manitowoc is coming down after sitting empty for more than 13 years.

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