Mackey Funeral Home Demolition - Danvers, MA

[@JayLookie]

It sad to see these type of houses getting demolished.

[@tinybarnfarm2960]

What a crying shame to see this beautiful home destroyed for a parking lot

[@justsumguy2u]

The town council of Danvers failed. They should have given that building heritage status....then it couldn't be torn down. How sad to see yet another old landmark torn down, in this case for a silly church parking lot.

[@susanpolanski4528]

I wish they had at least brought in an architectural salvage company and saved as much decorative and structural items as possible. That beautiful light hanging on the front porch tells me they didn't. :(

[@SFICA9]

+Susan, they did salvage some interior elements and a few windows but we aren't exactly sure how much was lost. Search for the Albion Welch House on Google to see some great interior shots.

[@wolfiewolfification]

You're right, but these guys don't give a shit.SMASH and DASH is the name of the game.That's how you make money in the demo business. No time for salvage.

[@urbex4494]

c es gens la sens fout completement .....des gens stupides et idiots

[@VegasLady81]

Oh my God, get over yourself, lady!! They sell light fixtures like that at Home Depot, so go buy your own, and stop being such a cheapskate.

[@VegasLady81]

I'm guessing you're a hoarder.

[@MissMaxine100]

Absolutely sickening. Soon there won't be any of these beautiful old houses left.

[@Stephen_A.]

@@NZR-23 Even the plant in the upstairs front window was left behind to be demolished too. ☹

[@obfuscated3090]

Anyone wanting the same construction is free to build in the identical style. Nothing mysterious was used or done in the old days that cannot be replicated. That building was merely old and not architecturally remarkable.

[@mrknotthall]

This is really messed up. They tear down a gorgeous home for a parking lot for a church? Park on the damn street! Why didn't they strip this home of all the goodies in it first? The beautiful slate roof could have been saved. Same for the window ac's, the beautiful old light on the porch, the gutters could have been torn off and sold as scrap and the windows could have been taken out and recycled. They even left the plants in the windows. The landscape was gorgeous. It could have been turned into a beautiful B&B. I'm surprised the town even let this happen. I thought New Englanders liked their historic places. Bunch of boneheads.

[@SFICA9]

The sad part is preservationists pitched a compromise plan that would have given the church parking (one extra space if combined with a lot next door) but the pastor just didn't want to hear it.

[@MrFuncat]

The pastor must not know the phrase "waste not want not"!

[@sagnhill]

The pastor is an asshole.

[@goodday5570]

THE DEVIL HIMSELF @@sagnhill

[@rfi-cryptolab4251]

It was torn down because god wanted it that way

[@jonathandeatherage9271]

What a shame to see a lovely old home be destroyed

[@bellamybug5460]

Finally, someone who understands me. I can't believe they demolished it to make a parking lot!

[@rickpederson1219]

+Bellamybug but the parking will be so beautiful and full of charm

[@mutualbeard]

Whatever happened to reduce, reuse or recycle? It seems a waste of resources to smash all those materials together and toss them into landfill.

[@VegasLady81]

What happened to people that just minded their own business and didn't put their nose in business it doesn't belong in? What're you; Mother Earth? Gotta save everything?

[@jcar8548]

They didn’t go into a landfill

[@brallybear620]

@@jcar8548 It most certainely did! You do not want to make fuel chips with bricks in it.

[@friendlyneighborhoodcow8776]

@@brallybear620 it didnt

[@markwilliams4525]

@@friendlyneighborhoodcow8776 it does! It goes to a c&d land fill usually a dirt pit then its covered up.

[@garfstiglz3981]

Tearing down a perfectly good building to construct parking lot for a church. Absolutely disgusting. It amazes me how churches plead poverty, lecture people on giving to charity and yet they do things like this. Did the town of Danvers or the surrounding towns not have homeless people in 2015, could the church not have sold the property for a profit as they obviously purchased it. Could they not have turned it into a day centre for the elderly or a food distribution centre? Of course not, let’s tear it down instead and lay some concrete and asphalt instead. Absolutely disgusting. My friends wonder why I’m not a religious person, this is a perfect example of why I’m not. It’s about time churches stopped acting morally superior to everyone else and were made to pay taxes instead of hiding behind some fictitious incarnation of their own making.

[@lawrencewheeler7837]

The church is catholic and they have priest molesting boys and have not paid any settlement to any of the victim's.

[@bellthandian]

I’d rather see the churches torn down and more of these architectural antique homes saved. If I had a $1 for every time I’ve seen or heard of a church tearing down a historic property for a parking lot I’d be rich.. it’s disgraceful.

[@turkeysandwich288]

Shut the hell up you none believers I am on your side about the house but you saying God is fictional is just hurtful he's real and he created you so you should respect him or just try church for once

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Terrible waste of a fine building.

[@dementedone2503]

against the law in Canada to demolish any building built before 1900. old warehouses are the exception.

[@danvetor1365]

Not true. Each province and city have their own laws and bylaws.

[@dementedone2503]

@@danvetor1365 i didn`t really know 100%. but i knew %100 that someone would correct me.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

That building was very well built.

[@xaiano794]

"to make room for a parking lot" - god dammit America.

[@TackyFlamingo]

Just wait until you hear about what they did to the Riviera hotel in Las Vegas

[@lukedumouchel3358]

They needed the lot. I’m a parishioner, we had hundreds of people and there was only parking on the side of narrow streets.

[@xaiano794]

@@lukedumouchel3358 the amount of space for parking lots in that area is crazy - i mean why don't you just get the city to make one big public lot and everyone walk from there - you'd concrete over as lot less of the town and everyone could get fitter.

[@davidaberg31]

so sad to see a piece of history being torn down. they could have saved alot of the things from the house.

[@redneckbryon]

It’s unfortunate to see a house like this demolish for a parking lot...

[@matthewgregory8218]

Instead of making Reno’s to it for Subsidies housing.

[@Teddybear46324]

as old as it was, I'm surprised they couldn't save it by declaring it a historical landmark!

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

In order to get on the list , all of the later additions have to be torn down first. There was a beautiful older home in our town that someone decided to save by having it declared historical, when they got done nobody recognized it. The wrap around porches had to go , along with the summer kitchen because they weren't original to the house. Idiots !

[@matthewgregory8218]

Instead they should have tried to keep it and make a lot of renovations to it.

[@johnj.bluvas8702]

In America we USE and then ABUSE and then DEMOLISH.. How utterly STUPID.

[@darrylrickert5382]

25:28 this concludes the service RIP house

[@nancyweliczko9334]

So sad to see this beautiful old building destroy because of a parking lot.

[@colleensgotcha]

For a parking lot??!! What a shame!!

[@kevinbishop7149]

I am shocked to see such a lovely and historic building being removed to provide parking. Surely the local authorities could have acquired and repurposed it to benefit the wider community. Very sad

[@justinraystyles3537]

Another damn parking lot takes a irreplaceable 1800 s house 😡

[@richardsimpson3136]

So What? Who needs it Anyway!!!

[@terryhites1]

The guy with the water hose was having way to much fun with that hanging light! I hated to see this house come down, you could see how sturdy it was when trying to push down the walls, terrible waste

[@macsloan58]

That bucket was missing a tooth- that may seem like a small detail, but that severely changes the efficiency of the excavator.

[@danefilander6306]

That is a terrible waste all that wood doors and windows ect could been salvaged and resold.

[@mildredgivens8246]

Just wondering if they could have donated the windows and doors.

[@trevorholmquist5000]

Say it with me "FOR A PARKING LOT". How absolutely sickening.....

[@sunlightangel87]

what a beautiful home that was. Such a shame.

[@manga12]

well I hope the church is at least one of those really old grand ones that is a tresure for the eyes and the soul, that was an old house over 100 years old they dont make them in the victorian style anymore very often. I checked the name with the city, its a romenesque style church so it not some post modern monstracity, but its not quite as ornate as the roman style churches in my diocese, but it seats over 1000 people if you include the seating in the chapel it says.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@manga12 When me and me mates do urbex, we bust up old abandoned places like that inside, before they do the demo. We put all the doors through, smash holes in the wall/floor and bust up the stairs/balustrades etc.

[@sandie302]

What a beautiful old building...makes me sad to watch this

[@markeyfarrell]

then don't watch this

[@wilettamiller9387]

this place was historical - get rid of history for a parking lot. so shameful, so wasteful.

[@matthewgregory8218]

Yes talking about death, the funeral home has suffered a painful death.

[@fishon8406]

This is a town that does not value the past - of what built this town and made it what it is. They just ripped a piece of its soul out. My guess is, that this town also does not have a Historical Preservation Society. Get involved. We are fighting in our town in Nebraska to save a house that was once considered for the National Historical Registry. A 23 year old wants to build an apartment building and the City is going along with it. It's fucked up - this lack of leadership in the name of "improvement". Additionally, the City in this video, is going along with taking a property that generates about $3,000 in property taxes and giving it up because the church now owns it. They don't pay. Which his fine with me, but the City allowed this and now the tax payers have $3,000 less in the budget.

[@jeremydixon4443]

I hate when history is destroyed! Charlotte NC I’d a prime example of a city that hates to keep its history!!!

[@markeyfarrell]

wow talk about HYPER HYPERBOLE ...... oh, my HISTORY IS DESTROYED.

[@scottsheehan1596]

what a shame!

[@dennisbrown3654]

WHAT A WASTE OF A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

[@guitaracademyarchive]

how about that slate roof? unreal.

[@stjohn727]

tear down a a historical house to build a parking lot.....how very sad and I pray that church is proud...how many homeless people of young families could they have help and lodging at the Inn instead of the stables.....

[@drgreeneel]

thats just sad that they demolished a really old home like that, do people even care about old historical places anymore?

[@herbhall3830]

Nope only about greed fuck them all

[@johngolden3692]

What a shame!

[@syntheticthought]

It’s a shame. For a parking lot!!!

[@phi9249]

This would not happen at home. All the recyclables would be pulled as much as feasible prior to destruction. Hazmat may even be involved if there was extensive use of carcinogens in it construction. Asbestos mainly(insulation, flooring )

[@alginest]

Foi demolido a casa por engano?

[@mxp2000]

This operator must be getting paid by the hour. Can he go any slower???

[@troylea236]

+TheRandomReviewer its not that dangerous tearing down a house. only retarded comment I see is yours. he is very slow.

[@troylea236]

+TheRandomReviewer honestly as an owner of a well known Demolition company with roughly 1500 structures wrecked under my belt yeah this time you should just stop and listen ause I sure as hell have prob forgot more than you will know about this. Lea' Demolition look it up if you don't believe me.

[@vegascolors]

OMG, my 6 year old daughter has more confidence operating large machinery.

[@minpaff]

Who videotaped this? Is it possible to get a copy of the original video? Thanks

[@SFICA9]

There might be some copyright issues depending on what you would want to use the video for.

[@minpaff]

I just want it for myself. Probably sounds crazy, but love watching old houses/buildings being torn down. Got another video on dvd from another person. I just like this one too.

[@SFICA9]

@@minpaff That's somewhat difficult since the footage is locked up in a server at a cable access station. As a nonprofit, they probably wouldn't make the footage available for private home use. :(

[@minpaff]

Well, is the original video from start to finish, of the tear down or just what’s on KZbin?

[@minpaff]

How did you get the video?

[@mildredgivens8246]

I don't understand why they don't start at the top of building

[@Zalgud]

Wasteful, sad, and extremely short-sighted.

[@jakebrogan1648]

how much was that job? (if you don't mind me asking. thanks)

[@bunnyniyori6324]

For a parking lot. What a shame. What is interesting, is there is a Mackey Funeral home in my home here. Near a Catholic church too. In Canada.

[@markeyfarrell]

they just moved the company half-way across town into Middleton. NO BIG DEAL

[@nvus2758]

Lathe board walls, scratch coat likely contains asbestos (a common filler back in the day), no insulation in the walls, loaded with lead paint, window shakers to keep rooms cool, outdated electrical. Not everything is worth saving. Nice house for it's time

[@SFICA9]

The house was a very visible landmark in the community so I'd say that makes it worth the effort to save. All of the problems that you mentioned can be addressed but we aren't sure just by watching the video that this house suffered from every one of those issues. This part of the country is filled with old houses and they seem to exist just fine.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

This house was built thirty years before asbestos, that being said the building department would not have issued a demolition permit without the removal of any asbestos products .

[@smilly39]

it is much more expensive to recover the materials than its worth it all looks good but its usually not the wood has dried out and is split and covered with lead paint

[@precisionfilms3777]

Was looking closely inside the home for a casket to come tumbling out.

[@mattywho8485]

Why use a short-stick excavator for demo work?

[@MegaJohnhammond]

back in the day, people were just dying to get in there

[@DVincentW]

That's why they have fencing around graveyards.

[@kaydenvatne9818]

what did they do with the flagpole?

[@SFICA9]

I''m not sure.

[@RRaucina]

And in 20 years, they will pull down the stone Catholic church to make a parking lot for the new Walmart where the old house was. AMERICA, the stupid and pathetic.

[@pguiver]

Much of the current population is so wasteful...

[@metheone4]

+pguiver Its more because construction/demolition companies and real estate agency dictate the prices,everything must go fast,to press more and more profit out of a project,,,,,Its bad,because somebody may be in need to live in an older cheaper house....

[@trr5291]

That beautiful building destroyed for a freaking parking lot.

[@toddb272]

it would be nice if the church felt the rath of god for destroying a nice home for a flipping bloody parking lot

[@SFICA9]

+Todd, if you look at the church's declining population I think in a few years we may see the church torn down too. They are spending millions in renovations for an already beautiful church but this does very little to attract a new generation of parishioners. I think in time you may get your wish.

[@stevenherrold5955]

hi todd b tell them that and that house was very well built and that machine crushes it like match sticks im glad im not no neighbor to any church thank you very much !!!!!

[@arcticarrowhvacr]

THEY DESTROYED HISTORY..FOR A PARKING LOT??!?! FUCK THEM

[@richardsimpson3136]

What's "The Wrath Of God"?

[@shawndufresne862]

AS they say RIP

[@trainman071]

what a waste of a historical building. guess i wont go to that church anytime soon. just for a damn parking lot. in N.Y you would not be allowed to do such a job the historical society would of designated this for sure . then no one can touch it.

[@gabrielcorona1707]

These are good to watch almost every day

[@streetrodder2846]

Pathetic disregard for our history and heritage... Typical of a selfish society.

[@Stephen_A.]

The slate on roof should have been removed. There are a lot of buildings that could have used it for roof repair work.

[@GarthMurray1]

(12:21) OMG! Did you see it? There was a ghost in the window! A trapped soul forever destined to wander the new parking lot haunting those who dare to park on sacred ground! Or it might have been a reflection of a tree.

[@wolfiewolfification]

the more I watch, the more I like this operator!He is soooooooooo good.Quite a talented house wrecker! Nice work bro. Bring down the house.

[@davidarnold963]

THIS DEMOLITION OF THIS HISTORIC BUILDING IS JUST WRONG.......

[@richardsimpson3136]

No it's NOT! They had a better use for the site! These types of buildings are a Dime A Dozen!

[@davidarnold963]

@@richardsimpson3136 BETTER USE IS CORRECT, A BEAUTIFUL PARKING LOT....

[@ronjohnson9507]

I see a lot of ranting and raving in the comments, did any of you offer to buy the house?

[@SFICA9]

The church had first refusal on the house so that would not have worked but a plan to move the building was being discussed. Given all the zoning laws our towns have does that mean anyone can do anything they want with their property?

[@minpaff]

To the owner of this video. Love watching houses being torn down. This is by far my favorite. Is it possible I could buy a copy on DVD from you? Thanks.

[@SFICA9]

I don't love houses being torn down especially this one. Didn't know there was a market for demolition porn.

[@minpaff]

SFICA9 didn't u video, and post this?

[@rowenawragg3903]

I had to give up watching it was making me feel sick. So much for the church helping the community. They didn't try and reclaim any of the beautiful old building.

[@MrDswilson10]

That was the wrong house !!!!

[@busoldmanphil7293]

All of you need to know apprentice operators are sent to demolition sites to practice their craft where other workers are absent. When they are skilled, they will be assigned to construction sites. THINK!

[@kattrakee]

Not sure why the demolition person didn’t knock down the front porch or the side building. Then he just parked the truck and turned it off. Maybe it was lunchtime and he finished it later(?)🤷‍♀️

[@georgefilippello7972]

This is the new America . A home like that could have been used to house a lot of homeless people . What does a church (of all things do) tear it down for a parking lot . Makes you wonder what they do for their congregation.

[@davelemke1940]

Very Sad!!! A waste of a historical house! I quess it meant more to tear it down than to help out a family who could of used a home! This country is so fucked up!!! Very sad!

[@elkeschacht1640]

Ist ja echt schade um das Haus sieht doch noch gut aus. Die arme Pflanze am Fenster die hätte man doch retten können...und einiges mehr. Ich mag solche alte Häuser.

[@nicolaslangeard7424]

Il est toujours plus facile de détruire que construire...Un bâtiment qui avait un certain charme à la place nous aurons un béton

[@DVincentW]

I like finding channels with under a thousand subscribers.

[@scottbennett465]

i cant bear to see this anymore!

[@johnj.bluvas8702]

Maybe they should have demolished the CHURCH instead.

[@hakeemsd70m]

I like your thinking!

[@lukedumouchel3358]

The church is both older and prettier

[@jillwheeler290]

Its a disgrace destroying that old beautiful home for a parking lot le the people park on the street.

[@johnettebeaver1991]

That tile roof was worth a LOT of money and yes people will come take them off!!! I am absolutely stunned ANYONE thought this was the right thing to do!!!! Maybe some people and churches are just too wealthy to comprehend the real value of things like this or their responsibility for them!!! Grrrrrr

[@teresahelms1709]

Absolutely 💯 agreed 👍🤨🤬🤬👍👍

[@robertwalton7307]

house could have been stripped more,just hate to see nice old light fixtures etc. down with the pile.

[@geedubb2005]

It’s pretty sad that it wasn’t salvaged out.

[@rgrndu]

Looked like a beautiful house. I’m going to pretend the house was haunted by all the poor souls that were tortured & murdered by an evil mortician. Bye bye evil house. (I’ve been binge watching AHS)

[@nickbeam5432]

No disrespect, but iv'e seen other machine operator work like that, and wondered if they had eye problems, like near sided, causing them to see things much closer then they are, it seems there always short of there reach.

[@leonidasceter25]

How many mice will have escaped from the house being demolished to the other houses in the neighborhood ...?!

[@markeyfarrell]

big deal Danvers has A TON of historic places, homes, etc. All with all kinds of restrictions. besides the Mackey Funeral Home director Daniel Mackey said he has been leasing back the home but in a short time he will be phasing his operation to a new funeral home on Route 114 in Middleton, a home which opened in October. let the OWNERS do what they want. get over your whiny selves.

[@SFICA9]

Honestly, what are you talking about? That new location for the Mackey Funeral Home has been open since 2014. You just read the newspaper article but forget to look at the date? Historic homes are a cultural resource that many people and some government agencies have deemed important and worth preserving for many reasons which I am sure you could care less about which is why people like you should have no part in how their future is determined. Watch any episode of Chronicle on WCVB and you'd see why they are considered to be an important resource. I don't think a ton of houses in Danvers looked quite like The Mackey Funeral especially right in the center of down town. Maybe when zoning catches up with how many feel about preservation we won't see these kinds of demolitions but it should be noted that no one has a right to build whatever they want on their own property and even if they did abutters should have some say. For now, the church got the parking lot they wanted but given the trends with the Catholic Church and the aging of parishes, maybe someday St. Mary's will close its doors for good too.

[@paulspydar]

was he being paid by the hour? :-)

[@kattrakee]

I thought he was fairly fast compared to some videos I have seen.

[@scottbennett465]

this should be a crime!

[@johnettebeaver1991]

What an incredibly irresponsible waste of a beautiful building that could have been used to help the community in some way. Possibly low cost housing for the elderly on the first floor and offices on the second or rented out as a historical venue, turned into low cost retail space to help people start businesses and the ideas go on but NO the church thinks good stewardship means bulldozing it is better to put in a parking lot.........WOW 😭😭😭

[@RRaucina]

Joni Mitchell .... "put up a parking lot" - this country's mentality sucks.

[@markwilliams4525]

How would you like it if someone told you what you can and can't do within reason with property you own!

[@delboytrotter8806]

Yeah, we all need a parking lot.............

[@richarddeaman3577]

PRICK

[@TrentBiro]

KZbin only has really nice houses getting demolished never any dumps

[@Workinggirlhomestead]

I hate destruction

[@spiffierthehunter7247]

wasnt this place haunted or something ? ghost adventures ?

[@albertcyphers1532]

This operator is painful to watch. He works like he's afraid to damage anything

[@jamescampbell7780]

The owner probably got big bucks for it from the church.

[@rocknta]

Can Never have enough parking lots....

[@svr123456789officiel]

So sad to see a beautiful house demolish.

[@chrisfanjoy6616]

Well, at least it wasn't something with a lot of happy memories.....

[@SFICA9]

This is where my cousin was waked and yes, it wasn't a happy occasion but he was at peace and it was comforting to see that. I think of that as I see those front first floor windows being torn apart.

[@kattrakee]

Pretty scary, that crematorium just standing there while everything around it was knocked down. I don’t understand the reason for this, it’s nothing that anyone would want to dwelling or reminisce about. I guess the demolishing guy thought it would be interesting for the public to view, I thought it was in poor taste. So sad the old building had to die, but it was its time. 😔 Bless the people who worked there who took care of our loved ones passed on to their reward 😇🥰 🙏🏻