A developer, the highest bidder for Rose Terrace, demolished it in 1976 to create an upscale neighborhood.

A developer bought the property and demolished the entire block to make way for a movie complex and shopping center.

In the late 1990s, developers demolished the building to make way for Big Dig construction.

Often, simply because there is so much there, a developer will demolish whole chunks of good, solid buildings and then want to build anew.

When developers demolished the buildings in 1972 to make way for the park, they demolished the street as well.

The developer demolished most buildings from the old fortifications.

The developers will demolish the cloister but hope to save as much of the nine-foot wall as possible.

Some developers demolished a few early residences to build more lucrative, multifamily apartments.

That was eleven years ago - since then, developers have chopped down trees, demolished a stone wall and ripped up a driveway.

For example, he said, a concrete building is temporary if a developer demolishes it a few years after it was built.