- Even when I read about the demolition of this hardware store months before it actually happened, it came a surprise for me, as there was no signs a day before, that they are starting the demolition work. Then during the next day while driving by, the building was already in the condition, that's shown in these pictures.

- Still a nice place to visit, but a more or less dangerous. The building was already well under way of disappearing from the city image and there was all kind of rubble around and pieces hanging from the ceiling. Since this building, I have visited also few demolition sites and I must say that these places, from the places I have visited, possess the most danger of hurting yourself really badly. So I absolutely do not encourage of anybody to enter demolition sites. I have also thought about getting an safety helmet, if these kind of places get more common exploration targets.

- You might ask now, that why this quite large complex was demolished? What was wrong with the buildings? The answer is, that there was nothing wrong with the area or with the buildings. 

- The new German cheap supermarket, Lidl, was looking for a place to build their new market and they finally were able to buy this exact spot. The area was sold to them and buildings, that have not stood here more than ten to twenty years, were demolished and a new and "better" buildings will be built on this site.

- So the correct answer, that why buildings that were in a good condition and were not even old ones, were demolished, is money.

- I made two trips here. First one was during the day that the demolition work started and the next trip was during a night, when the other building was starting to disappear. You might ask that why the hell did you enter a demolition site during a night? Reason is, that the workmen stayed here really late and there was no chance of entering the place during a day time. Also the second building is right next to a quite busy street and I didn't want to be seen.

- These are the last pictures from this place as the whole complex was torn down, by mid July 2003.

- Some angry customer visiting?

"STORE CLOSED"

- Yeah, I can see that...

- Taken from the second floor. At first I wasn't sure, that will the floor hold my weight, or is it in a state of collapsing, but I noticed a small bucket charger stationed here also. So if it will hold few tons, it probably can also hold tens of kilos. Although, there is a thing called Murphy's Law...