They are chiseling off the terracotta from the front of the Paramount Theater Building today.
:'(
Chiseling it off, what a waste of time and energy.
Hose it down good with a firehose and break out the wrecking ball.
I just got word that some of the pieces being removed will be used for another purpose at another location.
:-X
Maybe I was too quick to judge. I just figured it had something to do with hazardous waste.
Some of the terra cotta from the old Higbee/G.M. McKelvey building was removed and is on the Federal Court house building at Wick and Commerce.