A building which holds a lot of memories for some is coming down in Carbon County to make way for senior citizen housing.
Piece by piece Saint Ann's Convent is Lansford is being demolished.
Operators of the equipment have to be careful because of near-by homes so it will take three to four days to complete the operation.
Don Gildea graduated from Catholic school in 1950 and remembers the nuns who were his teachers. "It's kind of hard but nothing lasts forever, you know. We used to help the nuns out pretty much, shoveling the snow and whatever and going to the store for the nuns" Gildea remembered.
The demolition of the landmark caused people to gather, watch and take pictures, including 14-year-old Cassandra Branchied. "I was taking them because it kind of a historical monument. " Branchied explained.
Frank Walck said he doesn't understand why the convent has to go. "It was a nice building and that. I don't see why they had to rip it down. They could have made something nice into it." Walck said.
The building is owned by the Diocese of Allentown. A spokesman said the convent must be demolished to make way for a apartment complex for senior citizens. The lot will be used for parking. Work is progressing at turning an adjacent Catholic school into the housing.
Some of the convent's windows are being saved by Chris George. He said he has a stained glass business. "Stuff like that keeps disappearing and they don't make that any more but we try and reuse as much as we can." George said.
Piece by piece Saint Ann's Convent is Lansford is being demolished.
Operators of the equipment have to be careful because of near-by homes so it will take three to four days to complete the operation.
Don Gildea graduated from Catholic school in 1950 and remembers the nuns who were his teachers. "It's kind of hard but nothing lasts forever, you know. We used to help the nuns out pretty much, shoveling the snow and whatever and going to the store for the nuns" Gildea remembered.
The demolition of the landmark caused people to gather, watch and take pictures, including 14-year-old Cassandra Branchied. "I was taking them because it kind of a historical monument. " Branchied explained.
Frank Walck said he doesn't understand why the convent has to go. "It was a nice building and that. I don't see why they had to rip it down. They could have made something nice into it." Walck said.
The building is owned by the Diocese of Allentown. A spokesman said the convent must be demolished to make way for a apartment complex for senior citizens. The lot will be used for parking. Work is progressing at turning an adjacent Catholic school into the housing.
Some of the convent's windows are being saved by Chris George. He said he has a stained glass business. "Stuff like that keeps disappearing and they don't make that any more but we try and reuse as much as we can." George said.
