Sunday, June 14, 2009

Habitat for Humanity demolition


photos © Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News

Dallas mayor Tom Leppert (left) and Builders of Hope CDC president Norman Henry (right) meet before a house razing ceremony in Dallas on Saturday, May 2, 2009.


Dallas mayor Tom Leppert (left) greets Scott Begin, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity CEO, (right) before a house razing ceremony in Dallas. Three houses were destroyed to be replaced with new Habitat for Humanity homes.


Irby Walton with Hampton Trucking of Dallas prepares to raze three houses in Dallas. The first of the three homes razed was featured on an episode of Dallas SWAT during a raid.


Irby Walton with Hampton Trucking of Dallas razes a house after a ceremony. Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, Builders of Hope and Dallas Faith Communities cooperated on the project.


Dallas deputy police chief Rick Watson (left) and mayor Tom Leppert (right) talk as a house is razed in Dallas. The three razed houses accounted for more than 120 previous arrests.

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