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Article: Owners upset over order to demolish building.(Local)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2007
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Byline: CHERYL ROSS
By Cheryl Ross
The Virginian-Pilot
PORTSMOUTH
Joe Elder was angry early Saturday morning as he watched a demolition crew tear into the remnants of his business, Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Gallery , a casualty of the fire that destroyed Zion Baptist Church last week.
Elder said his building was basically intact after the fire, and he didn't understand why artwork and other items couldn't be removed .
"We could have gotten 80 to 90 percent of the artwork out of there," Elder said. "Now, all I can do is watch hundreds of thousands of dollars of art get destroyed."