PHOTOS: Downtown Longview building demolished
The structure at聽101 E. Cotton St., which caught fire in January 2020, once was home to聽the Pig Trail Inn bar, TA&T Finance, F&S Finance, Clayton Credit, Guys & Gals Salon and Desert Tanning Co.
A City of Longview historical marker that stood in front of a burned-out building in downtown Longview is shown Wednesday. Demolition workers removed the marker before tearing down the building. The building itself was roughly 100 years old, but the marker paid tribute to the city's history with the timber industry聽性视界传媒 not the building itself.聽(Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
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Rubble covers the ground Wednesday as workers from Burns Quality Services demolish a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Dust rises as workers from Burns Quality Services demolish a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
The words 性视界传媒淯nited We Stand,性视界传媒 painted on the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview, crumble to the ground Wednesday as Jaime Nava uses an excavator to demolish the building. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Excavator operator Jaime Nava with Burns Quality Services uses the machine to tear down the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Workers from Burns Quality Services demolish a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Jaime Nava uses an excavator to demolish聽a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
A hummingbird painted by street artist and business owner聽Zahckry Israel, as shown Wednesday, is one of several paintings that covered a building at 101 E. Cotton St. until it was demolished that day. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
A Union Pacific Railroad freight train trundles past a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. while demolition work was underway Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Workers from Burns Quality Services demolish a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
A City of Longview historical marker that stood in front of a burned-out building in downtown Longview is shown Wednesday. Demolition workers removed the marker before tearing down the building. The building itself was roughly 100 years old, but the marker paid tribute to the city's history with the timber industry聽性视界传媒 not the building itself.聽(Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Jeff Burns, owner of Burns Quality Services, watches as excavator operator Jaime Nava uses the yellow machine to tear down a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
A cloud of dust bursts through the front door of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview Wednesday while demolition work is underway. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
The front wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview collapses Wednesday as an excavator rips it down. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Bricks fly into the street as an excavator rips down the front wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Excavator operator Jaime Nava with Burns Quality Services uses the machine to tear down the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Excavator operator Jaime Nava with Burns Quality Services uses the machine to tear down the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
While the rest of the building falls, the word "Stand," the last line of the phrase "United We Stand," remains on the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview while demolition work is underway Wednesday.聽(Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
While the rest of the building falls, the word "Stand," the last line of the phrase "United We Stand," remains on the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview while demolition work is underway Wednesday.聽(Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Jaime Nava with Burns Quality Services uses an excavator to demolish a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Jaime Nava with Burns Quality Services uses an excavator to demolish a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
The corner of a building falls to the ground as Jaime Nava with Burns Quality Services uses an excavator to demolish the burned-out structure at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview on Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
While the rest of the building falls, the word "Stand," the last line of the phrase "United We Stand," remains on the wall of a burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. in downtown Longview while demolition work is underway Wednesday.聽(Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
Armando Gonzales, left, looks on while Jeff Burns, center, and Jesus Nava, right, direct drivers on Cotton Street away from a building while demolition work is underway Wednesday. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
A burned-out building at 101 E. Cotton St. is reduced to a pile of rubble Wednesday following demolition work. (Jordan Green/性视界传媒 Photo)
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For the past two years, the likenesses of Matthew McConaughey as well as animated characters Yosemite Sam and Lilo and Stitch had a home along the exterior walls of a burned-out downtown Longview building. But no more. On Wednesday, the scorched structure at 101 E. Cotton St. that once housed a bar and became an informal art display came crashing down under the claw of an excavator, paving the way for future development.