Part of urban renewal and building new things involves tearing things up. D.H. Griffin Wrecking Company began as a small-town, family-owned, wrecking company in Greensboro in 1959. D.H. Griffin has steadily grown from a small demolition and wrecking company to the 3rd largest demolition company in the United States. They are still still a locally family-owned business and proudly state that they have been "Shaping America's Skyline since 1959." While they are still based on Hilltop Road in Greensboro, they now have locations not only in North Carolina, but also in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The above photo was taken at their facility on Burnt Poplar Road, near the PTI Airport.
One of their most notable projects was the World Trade Center in New York City after the terrorist attacks of 2001. Two days after the attacks, on September 13th, David Griffin, Jr. drove to New York City and started helping with demolition. Eventually, he was put in charge of the project. * Thanks to D.H. Griffin, there is a steel beam from the World Trade Center at the Carolina Field of Honor, just west of Greensboro near Kernersville. It is worth a visit if you haven't already been, especially on Memorial Day weekend. Also, if you ever get a chance to talk to the folks at D.H. Griffin, they have fifty-seven years worth of interesting stories to tell about seeing things come and go- in Greensboro and beyond.
*reference and read more, here.
Tell me their address in Florida; I know a bunch of places I want to demolish, starting with the Republican legislature in Tallahassee!
Posted by: Jacob | Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 06:43 AM
That sounds like a good success story.
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 11:44 AM
Good idea, Jacob. We could use them to do the same thing in Raleigh.
Posted by: Jane T. Mitchell | Friday, May 27, 2016 at 09:46 AM