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VIDEO: Out with the old, in with the new in downtown Barrie

Excavators busy pulling down 19th-century building at Dunlop Street West and Maple Avenue today amid highrise construction

Building demolition continued this morning at 55 Dunlop St. W., which is the construction site of two 33-storey condominium towers. 

Excavators were busy pulling down the 19th-century structure Thursday morning.

Wood, brick and steel is separated and removed in bins. It's then hauled away by trucks for disposal.


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Kevin Lamb picked up a camera in 2000 and by 2005 was freelancing for the Barrie Examiner newspaper until its closure in 2017. He is an award-winning photojournalist, with his work having been seen in many news outlets across Canada and internationally
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