Xtra! Xtra! First the big news… We\’ve been looking at this eyesore for way too long, and it has finally started coming down! Sitting on the main gateway into our town, the abandoned Xtra! gas station at Browning Rd and the Black Horse Pike has not been giving the thousands of drivers who use the intersection \”a warm fuzzy feeling\” about our town.
I had been told a few weeks ago that the plans were in place to demolish the building… with asbestos needing to be removed before the actual demolition started.
Driving home tonight at 8:30pm I saw the start of the demolition, stopped home for the camera and grabbed a few photos. Its a new camera and I am still working out features, but this is the best I could do at 9pm. The retaining wall was mostly down, and the second floor of the building has the start of significant demolition, as does the corner of the core building.
Another \”When are they going to move on this\” building is just a very short distance away… An
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