They are literally flipping houses.
Amazing footage shows four 19th-century houses being pulled from their foundations and rolled through the streets of a Connecticut town on Thursday.
Crowds of local residents turned out to watch the spectacle as historic homes that had stood for more than 125 years were moved to vacant lots in downtown Hartford.
Hydraulic jacks were used to lift the homes, disrupting on-street parking and causing power to be cut off in some areas for the day as the three-story homes were being moved across town. WTNH reports.
One house even had to be split into two parts and moved across Lincoln Street to the Frog Hollow neighborhood. According to WFSB,
The vacant houses were purchased by LAZ Parking as part of a $60 million project to build a nine-story parking garage with 900 new parking spaces at Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
The action began at 9 a.m. and also included the removal of J Restaurant & Bar, a family business that occupied a 19th-century building for 54 years and was sold to LAZ Parking in January for $3.75 million.
“It's weird … this is our last day of any kind of cooking that's not even happening inside the restaurant,” restaurant owner Jordan DiKageros told WTNH.
The DiKegoros are in talks with project planners to include a new version of their restaurant on the ground floor of the parking garage, pending financing. Hartford Business,
As per reports, the construction work of the parking centre will begin next month.
