Final stages of Windermere Court Apartments demolition

    Doesn’t seem that long ago residents were lobbying for entrance into the charred Windermere Court Apartments in hopes of retrieving pets and belongings.

    Now the fire-damaged building is nearly gone. West Philly local snapped a photo Saturday of what’s now a pile of bricks and other building remnants piled dangerously high against a chain link fence.

    The West Philadelphia apartment building caught fire in January.

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