A track hoe from Joe Grojean Excavating removes portions of the the Plaza Galleria on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. The 56,000-square-foot building sat empty since 2005. It once housed the city's first supermarket, and later an ice-skating rink and shopping center.
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