'We feel the brick falling': McDermot Avenue building set for demolition, neighbours worry about the mess left behind
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The city has issued a demolition permit for the building located at 579 McDermot Avenue after an engineering assessment revealed it's unsafe.
An old warehouse in Winnipeg's West Alexander neighbourhood is nearing its breaking point.
The city has issued a demolition permit for the building located at 579 McDermot Avenue after an engineering assessment revealed it's unsafe.
The crumbling building has some area residents worried about the fall and the fallout.
"These cracks are coming up every day. They're getting bigger," said Greg Holland, who has lived near the warehouse for the last 20 years.
Holland has been watching the building fall apart before his eyes over the last couple of months.
"On this one side over here, it's starting on the bottom where that window is. It started there and it's going all the way up. Just cracking, cracking, right to the roof."
