Demolition began Monday morning on the OU Motel, an over 75-year-old affordable housing complex remembered for its impact and struggles in later years.
Lucy Sharp, one of the motel’s owners, hopped in the excavator to make the first dent in the roof of what was formerly room 216.
Wiping tears away, Sharp said it was hard to deliver the first blow to a place that helped so many people struggling with housing…