ronald lang, sr.: "it's a sad day. i knew people who lived in those houses." jamie brown, oliver: "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." it's all a continuance of the city's vacants to value program. jamie brown, oliver: "vacant, vacant, vacant there's a whole lotta vacants around here, yo." james larry jordan, oliver: "it's a big pile of rubble and they've got 1-2-3 more houses to knock down on that side." (nats: cat knocking down wall) ronald lang, sr.: "it's a wall banger. that's what i can tell. it's a wall-banger!" james larry jordan, oliver : (off cam) "ooo they're taking the tree, too." more than a dozen nearby vacant homes will be demolished within the month. pastor marshall prentice, zion baptist: "it feels great. power in your hands... i can only praise god, 'cause you can imagine the hand of god knocking down old things, and rebuilding new." city leaders tell me the seven houses on the north side of lansing street... along with vacant homes on nearby bethel street... will soon be demolished within the month