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12:43 am
Thu June 21, 2012

Rockford's Tapco Building demolition begins

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Credit Jacqui Stephens / WNIJ
Demolition of Tapco Building in downtown Rockford begins, 6/20/12.
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Tapco Demolition
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Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey at the demolition of the Tapco Building.
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Tapco and Amerock buildings, downtown Rockford.
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People gather for the beginning of the demolition of the Tapco Building in downtown Rockford.
Credit Jacqui Stephens / WNIJ
View of the Amerock and Tapco buildings from the stage at Davis Park.
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Tapco Building being taken down piece by piece.
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Two pieces of heavy equipment work to bring down the Tapco Building in Rockford's downtown.
Credit Jacqui Stephens / WNIJ
Debris falls from the track hoe being used to tear down the Tapco building.
Credit Jacqui Stephens / WNIJ
Tapco's logo still stands...for now.
Credit Susan Stephens / WNIJ
Tapco's being destroyed, Amerock's being preserved.
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  • Tapco story version 1 as aired on WNIJ 6/20/12.

Demolition began Wednesday on the Tapco Building, one of the crumbling old industrial buildings along Rockford’s downtown riverfront.

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