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LPercepts OP t1_ixzx332 wrote

Reply to comment by pudding7100 in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts

Because the building is a call exchange center. It provides an essential service to the public that those in charge did not want to be disrupted. That's why they were moving the building, rather than outright demolishing it.

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