{"64624":{"#nid":"64624","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Roosevelt House to be Demolished Feb. 27","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe views around North Avenue and Techwood Drive are about to change dramatically in a few days, when a building emblematic of a former era comes crashing down. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27, anyone in the vicinity of that intersection will hear a choreographed string of explosions, initiating a controlled collapse of the Roosevelt House. In less than one minute, the 17-story building named for the nation\u2019s 32nd president will be reduced to a pile of rubble. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile no buildings will need to be evacuated, contracting crews will take measures to protect surrounding structures from debris and dust. For those who would like to watch the implosion, the Atlanta Housing Authority will have a viewing area set up behind Centennial Place Elementary School on Luckie Street. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUntil last year, the building served as public housing for senior and disabled citizens. Atlanta \u2014 home of the first public housing development \u2014 is also the first major city to eliminate all of its large housing projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E Demolition experts have spent several weeks in preparation, weakening the structure with precise drilling and cutting. The morning of the event, a security perimeter will be established, preventing traffic from entering the evacuation zone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following day, crews will begin hauling debris away. Site clearing is expected to take four to six weeks. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27, the Roosevelt House on North Avenue will be demolished.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"At around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27, the Roosevelt House on North Avenue will be demolished."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-02-25 09:25:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:18","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64625":{"id":"64625","type":"image","title":"Roosevelt House","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894569","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:49","alt":"Roosevelt House","file":{"fid":"192054","name":"11E8001-P3-025.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11E8001-P3-025_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11E8001-P3-025_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5265825,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/11E8001-P3-025_0.jpg?itok=9dQhg5kk"}}},"media_ids":["64625"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12125","name":"demolition"},{"id":"12124","name":"Roosevelt House"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jem@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Majeroni\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReal Estate Development \u003Cbr \/\u003E404-695-3149\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}