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Damen Silos Demolition Sends Tower Toppling Into Dust Cloud
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August 27 is the government’s deadline for reaching an agreement with the owners of the land – Ricardo Posada and Esteban Solari – occupied by 10,000 inhabitants in the so-called megatoma of San Antonio. Time is running out and the agreements are still not reached. The next 40 days will be key for the Minister of Housing and Urbanism, Carlos Montes, to find a way out of an imminent humanitarian crisis, in case the eviction of the more than 3,500…
Damen Silos demolition sends tower toppling into dust cloud
Demolition of the historic Damen Silos on Chicago’s Southwest Side began this week, despite pushback from local preservationists. The silos, located near 29th Street and Damen Avenue, will be dismantled piece by piece, in a gradual demolition process without the use of major blasts. This is to avoid repeating the mistakes that led to Little Village being smoldered in dust over Easter Weekend in 2020 from the botched implosion of a former coal pl…
The organization called for urgent clarifications to the Houses of Loures and Amadora on possible violations of human rights and housing in the demolitions that took place this week.
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sabado.ptRicardo León calls for "shared responsibility" with the Government, as well as "cooperation with the municipalities and plans with clear justice criteria" in connection with illegal constructions.
The Municipal Chamber, which issued an explanation about demolitions this Friday, has concluded that the situation in the military area “is a serious threat to human dignity and represents a serious risk to security, public health and social cohesion”.
Driven by the housing crisis, 161 people from the island of São Tomé lost everything when the bulldozers destroyed their homes on Monday 14 July, on the order of the socialist town hall. The affair, which became political, arouses incomprehension and uneasiness.
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