People gathered to watch as workers with Mammoth Moving and Rigging move the 106 year old Kirkland Art Studio from its location at 1311 Pearl street to a new location at 12th and Bannock on November 6, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. The move, which took the entire day to complete and went into the evening, was carried out by using remote-controlled wheels to propel the structure the through city. The estimated 150-ton studio was supported by a patchwork of steel beams positioned below, and an operator controlled the wheels remotely, slowly guiding it through the streets to the location of the new Kirkland Museum at 12th Avenue and Bannock Street. Traffic lights along East 13th Avenue that would have blocked the building’s progress were detached from the poles that hold them aloft and swung to the side.
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