Fog Blog North End House Demolition Log:

THERE ONCE WAS HOPE FOR OLD HOMES IN SAINT JOHN NB'S OLD NORTH END BUT THAT IS SHRINKING! AS OF THIS WEEK DEMOLITION HAS ALREADY STARTED. THE DEVELOPER OUT OF FREDERICTON PMV WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RENOVATED MANY OF THE OLD HOMES IN THE NORTH END AND ONES TO FAR GONE WOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN.....MANY NOW ARE STILL BOARDED UP.....PMV OUT OF FREDERICTON SAYS THE CITY WON'T WORK WITH THEM AND ARE SELLING MANY PROPERTIES......Developer PMV Canada's footprint in Saint John is fast shrinking.The company has sold off some its residential properties in recent weeks even as city-hired contractors continued to demolish others under the dangerous and dilapidated buildings bylaw.On Tuesday an excavator and chain of tandem dump trucks removed three wood-frame, PMV-owned apartment houses at 105, 111 and 117 Main St.On Monday night, city council approved demolition of three of the company's other buildings at 13 Albert St., 120 Main, and 131 Victoria.No one from the Fredericton-based company turned up at the council meeting to contest the motion.PMV's chief operating officer, Dave Loten, told CBC News on Tuesday that he did not know about the decision to take down the buildings.