San Jose condo constructing transfer, Pallesen, Behavior for Humanity
A century-old, two-story apartment building, weighing approximately 150 tons, caused a spectacle as it was moved on the streets of San Jose, Calif., early Sunday morning, to the delight of sidewalk gawkers along Reed Street.
Habitat for Humanity, the City of San Jose, the Preservation Action Council of San Jose, and developer KT Urban joined together to save the Pallesen apartment building on the first block of E. Reed Street to make room for the Garden Gate Tower, a 27-story residential project.
The move took more than three hours. But since you’re busy we condensed the journey into a timelapse video.
The Sunday drive was orchestrated by 85-year-old Howard Kelly of Kelly Brothers House Movers, whose grandfather started moving houses with mules when the regions was known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight not Silicon Valley.
Last month, San Francisco had a house moving party, too, as 139-year-old, two-story Victorian house was moved from a steep location on Franklin Street to a quieter street where it, like the Pallesen, will become affordable housing.
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