I see rebar sticking out the tops of those columns. Was that started and abandoned before construction was completed?
I mean I see that it it a bare skeleton, but there are reasons they might have demoed the skin off it before imploding the concrete structure.
In reply to Duke :
Sorry I should have given a little history. This was a sister condo building to the one you can see in the far right of the frame. During construction about 15 years ago the parking deck collapsed killing I think one worker. The building has sat since then but was bought around two years ago by a developer. They were going to finish it. Then they found problems with it's construction. So they started to take it down in a traditional demolition but ran into safety issues a few months back. The city stepped in and paid for the explosive demo and will place a lien on the property.
Always a good time. We gathered for an early Sunday morning demolition of the Riverfront Stadium used by the Bengals and Reds for many years. Powerful to see a structure that size evaporate before your eyes
Interesting!
Thank you for sharing that!
Very cool.
I happened to get stopped on the Ravenel Bridge when they were blasting part of the adjacent Grace Memorial Bridge in 2005.
It wasn't as graceful as yours but still impressive.
I had a moment of anxiety reading the title of this post. I'm glad it was a fun thing.
After meeting Stampie and Lil' Stampie at Amelia on Saturday, I too was almost afraid to open the thread. 
In reply to Purple Frog (Forum Supporter) :
What you trying to say? After meeting us you think we're a train wreck waiting to happen? Lol. Nice meeting you Saturday also even if you made us chase you all thru the Concourse de Lemons.
In reply to Stampie :
I like that 5 bells of the 10 oclock church bells ring out...then explosives. All seems to b on time if 5 bells is the middle of 10 bells.
Why is it so satisfying watching things blowing up? Years of planning, engineering and construction erased in a few seconds and people's (myself included) instinctual reaction is "WOOHOOOO HELL YEAH!"
I was involved with this sort of work for a couple of years 45 years ago. Making stuff go "BOOM" was fun.........
700 Tonnes of Explosives - YouTube
JG Pasterjak said:Why is it so satisfying watching things blowing up? Years of planning, engineering and construction erased in a few seconds and people's (myself included) instinctual reaction is "WOOHOOOO HELL YEAH!"
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