Most of the businesses had either moved away or closed before the county bought it late last summer
Northwest Earthmovers' skilled demolition workers carefully sorted the piles of debris so that most of it could be recycled—the wood will be made into chips, and the metals are sorted and distributed to area recyclers.
Cedar Mill News photographer Neil Hefty caught a humorous moment when the apartments were being demolished
Load after load of debris was hauled away during the two-week demolition process