HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-09-05 Walls come tumbling down (Evening Times)Walis come tumbling down
A sign outside the building read, 'This property is listed on the.
National Register of Historic Places.' Attorney Ted Babbit, who
had fought to save the old Winter Club, placed the sign there at 9
a.m. Tuesday. An hour later, the bulldozer from Delta Demoli-
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tion began knocking the first pieces out of the 57-year-old
building. The demolition duty was ordered by the North Palm
Beach Village Council which decided to destroy the mansion
rather than pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore it.