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Well, it’s not happening as quickly as we expected, nor is it quite as dramatic as we’d hoped. But demolition has begun on the dilapidated and earthquake-damaged Lloyd Building in downtown Eureka.

Today workers could be seen removing the uppermost bricks from the Lloyd’s south-facing facade, which was built nearly 108 years ago. Those interested in the history of the building (named after the late actor Lloyd Bridges, father to Jeff and Beau!) can revisit our 2015 story on that exact topic. 

Anyone hoping for an epic explosion or a big, swinging wrecking ball is out of luck, unfortunately. Brian Gerving, the City of Eureka’s public works director, said he expects this systematic deconstruction process to take several weeks to complete.