Hard Rock Hotel demolition | hard rock hotel new orleans
GetusedtothesightofthepartiallycollapsedHardRockHotel:It’sgoingtobeloomingoverCanalStreetwellintonextyear.NewOrleansofficialssaidThursdaytheydon’texpecttorecovertwobodiestrappedonthesiteuntilMarchandcontractorswon’tfinishdemolishingthebuilding’sseverelydamagedtopfloorsuntilatleastlatesummer,almostayearsincethebuildingcrumpledwithoutwarningOct.12.ThecomplicateddemolitionprocesswilllikelypromptchangestoCarnivalparaderoutes,butofficialsstressedthatsafetyandtheneedtorecoverthebodieswilldrivedeci...
Get used to the sight of the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel: It’s going to be looming over Canal Street well into next year.
New Orleans officials said Thursday they don’t expect to recover two bodies trapped on the site until March and contractors won’t finish demolishing the building’s severely damaged top floors until at least late summer, almost a year since the building crumpled without warning Oct. 12.
The complicated demolition process will likely prompt changes to Carnival parade routes, but officials stressed that safety and the need to recover the bodies will drive decisions about parades, not the other way around.
“It is a painstaking process, but once again the goal is that nobody loses their life, or an injury,” Fire Superintendent Tim McConnell said at a press conference.
City leaders and engineers are still finalizing their demolition plan and expect to offer more details next week.
But the broad stro...