Name: Beaver Islanders remove the shell of the Old Dockside Market building in May 1999
Start: 1999-05-22
End: 1999-05-22
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Islanders remove the shell of the Old Dockside Market building in May 1999

Also Old Dockside Market building shell removal · May 22 1999 cooperative demolition

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TypeEvent

Date1999-05-22

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1999-05-22
Kind: Demolition
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityconstructionheritagecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

A cooperative group of Beaver Islanders and equipment owners removed the shell of the Old Dockside Market building on May 22, 1999.

Evidence limits

The notice documents the removal effort but does not identify the building’s original construction date or the site’s subsequent redevelopment.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1999, “Old Dockside Mkt. Bldg. Shell Is Down.”
Thanks island workers and equipment owners for the cooperative Saturday, May 22 effort that removed the Old Dockside Market building shell. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1999, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the building-removal newsflash.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders remove the shell of the Old Dockside Market building in May 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-old-dockside-market-building-demolition-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1999, “Old Dockside Mkt. Bldg. Shell Is Down.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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