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Emergency demolition ordered for crumbling Wilkinsburg building

Tawnya Panizzi
By Tawnya Panizzi
1 Min Read Feb. 8, 2019 | 7 years Ago
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Emergency demolition was ordered Friday morning for a building along Kelly Avenue in Wilkinsburg after it partially collapsed overnight.

Police were called at about 2 a.m. after reports that bricks and other materials were crumbling to the ground, WPXI reported.

Bricks were falling from the upper level of the 100-year-old building where a window pane was teetering.

The road is blocked to protect pedestrians and vehicles during the work.


Tawnya Panizzi is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Tawnya at 412-782-2121, ext. 2, tpanizzi@tribweb.com or via Twitter @tawnyatrib.


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Tawnya Panizzi is a TribLive reporter. She joined the Trib in 1997. She can be reached at tpanizzi@triblive.com.

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