A large piece of Lake Havasu City history found itself at the business end of a wrecking crane Tuesday morning.
What was the Golden Unicorn and theater and other buildings that once made up the English Village has been reduced to a pile of rubble to make way for a new hotel.
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
When Virtual Realty Enterprise purchased the property in 2011, they cleaned it up, repaired the fountain, and allowed the Visitors Center to move from its old cramped quarters on site into the much larger original theater.
They announced recently that a $20 million hotel project will be built on the property.
Tuesday’s demolition was the beginning of that project.
The Lake Havasu City Convention and Visitors Bureau Visitors Center and fountain area will remain in tact.
A pile of rubble sits where the old Candle Factory used to be near the English Village after being torn down Tuesday morning.
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Bystanders watch as a portion of the English Village is torn down early Tuesday morning. Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of a portion of the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
A window lies in the rubble where the theater used to be in the old English Village. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crew work to tear down the front of where the Golden Unicorn used to be in the English Village early Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crews work to take down a portion of the old theater in the English Village Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crews work to take down what was formally known as the Golden Unicorn Gift Shop Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crews take down a spiral staircase that once belonged in the theater in the English Village. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crews take down the ceiling of the theater in the English Village Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Crews take down the ceiling of the theater in the English Village Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
One of the chandeliers from the theater in the English Village was salvaged Tuesday morning thanks to the crew that carefully removed it. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
A banner that once hung in the theater was salvaged thanks to the crew who carefully took them down during demolition of English Village. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Cinda Anderton accepts the banners that once hung in the theater on behalf of the Visitors Center under the London Bridge. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
Bystanders watch as the crews take down a portion of the English Village Tuesday morning. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene
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