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Big chunks become small rocks (Lois Cochran)
It's gone.
The long-vacant south portion of the Alameda Square Shopping Center, 2200 West Alameda Avenue, is now a pile of rubble. Lots of trucks, bulldozers and graders are preparing the site for the construction of a Lowe's Home Improvement Store. The new building will start going up soon and should be completed early in 2010.
But the old shopping mall really isn't going anywhere. As much of it as possible is being recycled. It took massive amounts of concrete to build the center nearly 50 years ago and huge chunks of the stuff were piled in the old parking lot as the building was demolished. The chunks were smashed into smaller chunks and rebar and metal were removed for separate recycling. The old concrete is now being ground into crushed rock to be used as base and fill for the new parking lot.
A better ending for Denver's first indoor mall than a trip to the landfill.
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