(KTLA-TV)
PASADENA -- If you saw an apartment building rolling through the streets of Pasadena this morning, you weren't imagining things.
A non-profit group began moving part of the historic Herkimer Arms Apartments from its near century-old home on Union Street to its new location on Raymond Street.
When the building was slated for demolition last March, non-profit group Heritage Housing Partners purchased the building for $10 from the Fuller Theological Seminary.
The building was designed by famous architects Charles and Henry Green.
"Green brothers were master architects of the twentieth century," said Charles Loveman of the Heritage Housing Partners.
"This is a very unique property that they designed and it's the only apartment property that they designed," Loveman said.
The building was sliced lengthwise down the center to prepare for the two-part move.
The moving process was extremely delicate, with men holding cables to help steer the first half of the structure on eight sets of wheels.
The men trimmed trees and took down traffic signals that were in the way.
The move cost some $175,000.
The second half of the building will be moved sometime next week. The two halves will be joined once again and then converted into condos.
A non-profit group began moving part of the historic Herkimer Arms Apartments from its near century-old home on Union Street to its new location on Raymond Street.
When the building was slated for demolition last March, non-profit group Heritage Housing Partners purchased the building for $10 from the Fuller Theological Seminary.
The building was designed by famous architects Charles and Henry Green.
"Green brothers were master architects of the twentieth century," said Charles Loveman of the Heritage Housing Partners.
"This is a very unique property that they designed and it's the only apartment property that they designed," Loveman said.
The building was sliced lengthwise down the center to prepare for the two-part move.
The moving process was extremely delicate, with men holding cables to help steer the first half of the structure on eight sets of wheels.
The men trimmed trees and took down traffic signals that were in the way.
The move cost some $175,000.
The second half of the building will be moved sometime next week. The two halves will be joined once again and then converted into condos.
