see the demolition of a large structure

something beautiful about that, its all part of creation ;)

I think we’ve all completed this goal after seeing the videos of the Twin Towers. Could be amended to say ‘in person’.

Just got this in an email:

“The next scheduled Las Vegas casino implosion is the New Frontier, originally planned for the summer of 2000, but postponed because of the financial climate back then, among other things. The last we heard, it’s still scheduled to take place at 2 a.m. on November 13 and if you’re planning to attend, be aware that implosions can be pretty unpleasant events if you’re too close, with all kinds of miscellaneous and potentially toxic dust in the air. So large crowds aren’t encouraged in Vegas these days, where the implosion novelty’s worn off.”

I saw the El Rancho imploded in October 2000, so I do not intend to stay awake for this one. But I must say, it is really something to see in person once. Truly astounding.

...it is the Alaskan Way Viaduct. This is an ugly highway going right along Seattle’s waterfront. I hope it gets blown to smitherines (in a safe manner of course).

Here’s the official news story with the best video, shot from above the Key Bank Tower by the demolition crew (you can hear the countdown). Here is my video of the Key Bank Tower implosion, shot from the Salt Lake Plaza hotel across the South Temple street.

But, it’s a different thing to actually be there and hear the explosives being set off, see the 88-meter building crumble to a pile of rubble in 16 seconds, and feel the magnitude-5 quake and the vibrations of the windows.

I was there.

http://www.implosionfinder.com/scheduled.htm

I bought the plane ticket already!

meh. i like seeing buildings going up. Buildings going down is rather sad.

While I don’t know of any structured online resource for finding upcoming implosion projects, there are two sites that come close:

http://www.implosionfinder.com
http://www.demolitionforum.com/industry-news

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/474724/stardust_demolition

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