Willis Bastin emerged from the floor of a house he was tearing down on Central Avenue in Lexington on June 26, 1985. Bastin, 23, quit his noon-to-8 p.m. job driving a forklift and established his own demolition company, W.N. Bastin Contracting Co. He was razing three houses at 614, 618 and 622 Central Avenue. The Lexington-Fayette County Historic Commission called them “turn-of-the-century T-plan cottages” built between 1895 and 1900. Bastin has made a career of demolition. His company is now called Diversified Demolition. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff