Construction on the ouside shell of the house next door started on 21 December 2005.  This was what it looked like as of 25 December 2005.

The house next door is no more!  Our neighbors are doing a bit of “suburban renewal.” This is what the house next door looked like a few days ago.

The first blow!

Halfway there!

The chimney is no more!

The coup de grace!

And now the house is gone!  It took less than an hour to completely demolish the house.  The next day, it took about six hours and a number of 18-wheeler truckloads to haul away the debris and trees that were cut down.

This is what the property looks like now.  Ready for the new construction to begin.