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    Incredible pics show four historic homes being wheeled through Connecticut city

    By Zoe Hussain,

    5 hours ago

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    They’re really moving house.

    Four 19th-century homes were uprooted from their foundations and paraded through the streets of a Connecticut town Thursday, amazing footage shows.

    Crowds of local residents descended to watch the spectacle unfold as the historic homes, which have been in place for more than 125 years, were moved into vacant lots throughout the city of Hartford.

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    Hydraulic jacks were used to lift the homes, disrupting street parking and cutting off power to some areas for the day as the three-story homes were transported across town, WTNH reported.

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    Hydraulic jacks were used to lift the homes, disrupting street parking and cutting off power to some areas for the day as the three-story homes were transported across town, WTNH reports. Connecticut Children's

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    One house even had to be split in two to be transported across Lincoln Street to the Frog Hollow neighborhood, according to WFSB .

    The vacant homes were bought by LAZ Parking as part of a $60 million project for a nine-story parking garage with 900 new parking spaces at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

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    One house even had to be split in two to be transported across Lincoln Street to the Frog Hollow neighborhood, according to WFSB. WTNH

    The move began around 9 a.m., and also removed J Restaurant & Bar, a family business that has occupied one of the 19th-century buildings for 54 years and was sold to LAZ Parking in January for $3.75 million.

    ‘”This is kind of weird…It’s our last day of doing any kind of cooking, which is not even happening inside the restaurant,” restaurant owner Jordan Dikegoros told WTNH.

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    The move began around 9 am, taking J Restaurant & Bar with it, a family business that has occupied one of the 19thcentury homes for 54 years. WTNH

    Dikegoros is in negotiations with project planners to include the new version of their restaurant in the ground level of the parking garage pending funding, according to Hartford Business ,

    Construction for the parking center is set to begin next month, according to the report.

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