The article isn't really clear, so: this is just about the platform, which is one of three built for the Apollo program and then reused for the Space Shuttle. T

The article isn't really clear, so: this is just about the platform, which is one of three built for the Apollo program and then reused for the Space Shuttle. They are demolishing one of them (MLP-2), because they still have two of the "old model" (MLP-1 and MLP-3) and soon two new ones (ML-1 and ML-2). The article doesn't distinguish between the platform and the crawler-transporter which is below it in the photo - those are still needed (and also in the National Register of Historic Places), so not going away any time soon...