The Implosion Thread
Post videos/Images of implosions in your city or metro area.
For the city that I'm usually in: Newark, NJ Hill Manor Housing Projects Scudder Homes |
The geneva towers public housing complex in SF:
They were not a nice place to live: Quote:
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Never mind - can't get the link to work.
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This happened in Apr 28, 2014: Demolition of part of the former Miami Herald building
Notice the people right near it. Why are they so close? http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/BmUI...jpg-large.jpeg http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/BmUI...jpg-large.jpeg |
Shame about that last one.
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The Infamous Pruitt-Igoe, St. Louis
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Sports Stadium demolitions:
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A residential building at the former American military base in Argentia, Newfoundland, being imploded. By far the biggest demolition we've ever had.
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A few from Atlanta:
Roosevelt House (public housing). Opened 1973, demolished 2011. 615 Peachtree. Opened 1959, demolished 2006. Was supposed to be replaced with new condos, but the economy killed the new project. Currently an Emory Hospital cancer treatment facility is being constructed on the site. |
A bunch of impressive ones from Europe :
Tour Plein Ciel in Saint-Etienne, France (built in 1970, demolished in 2011) : Barre B de Champfleury in Avignon, France (built probably in the late 1950's or early 1960's, demolished in 1987): Another one from Saint-Etienne : La "Muraille de Chine" (The "Great Wall of China", it was the nickname of this housing project, built in the 1960's, demolished in 2000), starts at 2:20 : Barre Debussy, in La Courneuve, near Paris, France (built in the 1960's, demolished in 1986), starts at 0:54 : Sandfield Road Flats in Glasgow, UK (built in the 1960's, demolished in 2013), starts at 1:53 : |
And another one from Nantes, France : Le Tripode (built in 1970, demolished in 2005... I was there !).
Contrary to the other ones I posted, this one isn't an housing project but an office building which was abandoned in the early 1990's because it was full of asbestos (starts at 0:41) : |
Stardust, Las Vegas, gutted and ready for implosion. Encore under construction on the right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1.jpg~original ©me Preparing the Frontier for implosion. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1.jpg~original ©me http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...3.jpg~original ©me |
This happened a couple of months ago.
------------------------------------ Howard Johnson Demolition FORT LAUDERDALE 02 19 14 |
^^Jesus, I can't believe they didn't close traffic on that road.
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Sheraton Brickell Implosion
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