Centennial Mills demolition rocks Portland in controlled blast

A planned explosion rocked Northwest Portland on Monday as contractors began demolishing the burned-out Centennial Mills building in the Pearl District. The massive explosion could be heard across ...

Centennial Mills building already fully demolished, city of Portland says; rail traffic to resume

Crews began demolishing the building walls, a process the city said might take weeks, and essentially finished in less than a ...

Crews will begin demolition at Centennial Mills building with detonation of water tower

Demolition will begin on Monday, where officials say they plan on doing a controlled detonation with explosives to bring down the water tower.

Century-old Centennial Mills water tower tumbles down in controlled demolition

A fire destroyed the interior of the vacant building two weeks ago, leaving it unstable. Demolition was fast-tracked, starting with the rooftop water tower.