Article: Building razed at future City Center site in West Palm Beach.

Byline: Stephen Deere

Apr. 4--WEST PALM BEACH A* Mayor Lois Frankel climbed into a backhoe Monday and tore a gash in the side of the D&D Centre, a dormant downtown building where the city plans a massive government complex called City Center.

Just after the demolition ceremony, attended by about 70 people, the mayor said she had a new take on a proposed referendum aimed at thwarting the project, which is supposed to house City Hall and the library.

The Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers of West Palm Beach is gathering voters' signatures to force the City Commission to either pass an ordinance requiring voters to approve relocating City Hall and ...

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