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Posted by dsims August 29, 2008 22:45PM CLEVELAND -- The old Commodore Theater in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood finally got to Housing Court Friday -- four years after the city condemned it -- and appears to be heading for demolition. What took so long? If you ask Councilman Mike Polensek, it's a Law Department that lacks the spine to drag landlords with problem buildings into court. The rambling brick structure with a classic overhanging marquee sits at a school crossing on the corner of East 152nd Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. Decorative pieces of stone facade have been falling off the building onto the public sidewalk. By Friday, the bank must decide whether to demolish or rehabilitate the building. Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka signed the order. Capital Crossing lawyer James Sassano said the bank is leaning toward demolition, which would cost about $760,000, including asbestos removal. "If they decide to demo, it will be down by the end of the year," Sassano said. ______________________________________________________________________________________ It was demolished today, Sunday 11/17, by Lightning Demolition. They struck fast. So the city inspectors and EPA monitors either got paid overtime... or were not working on this job in progress.