Demolition of the Rise Doro apartment building began the morning of Feb. 2, five days after the start of a fire that tore through the nearly completed project and left its exterior walls in danger of collapsing.
Work began in the southeast corner of the $65 million building, where crews from Jacksonville-based ELEV8 Demolition used a crane with a mechanical jaw to chew through the building and sweep debris to the ground.
Apartments that would have provided residents with views of the St. Johns River and the Downtown skyline were exposed as their walls were peeled away. Gray and white cabinetry, tiled backsplashes, microwave ovens and refrigerators were visible to passersby on Bay Street.