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It’s out with the old in Iron MountainCondemned buildings being torn down
![]() Staff photo by Robb Pittard James Banks, left, and James Mackey, with Cleve Batte Construction Inc., of Fouke, Ark., spend Monday afternoon battling wasps as they take sections of tin off an old auto repair garage in the 2200 block of East Ninth Street. “I’m very pleased that we have been able to concentrate on concerns in the Iron Mountain and other areas,” said Mayor Horace Shipp. On the same block as the brand new Bouldware Temple Church, in the 2200 block of East Ninth Street, four buildings have been condemned and are being torn down. The city has condemned 60 structures to be razed. “Much of the focus in the Iron Mountain neighborhood has been in code noncompliance and the removal of condemn...
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