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How did the north wall make such a clean break from the east wall? Were all of the horizontal steel members cut prior to the north wall being pulled in? Also, why wasn’t anything done to attentuate the massive dust cloud that was produced?
They nibbled away at the light court inner bracing before they pulled the outside facade in.
The dust ? I guess because it is Detroit, nobody does anything about it. I was spitting dust out of my mouth just from walking around it the next morning, the traffic would kick up the cloud and it would coat everything.
yeah because somebody musta payed off OSHA & whoever else to turn a blind eye as Adamo wrecklessly destroys yet another blg downtown despite the pulmonary health of anyone who has to live there.
Ha! in one of the pictures you can see a city trash can caught up in the rubble. It must have been on the walk next to the building. I have a feeling its going to end up in the land fill.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Here’s the collapse caught on video: http://tinyurl.com/ybtvdlv
February 6th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Good stuff!
“From this angle, it sure looks like they used a giant submarine sandwich to bash in the building……” AHAHAHA Awesome!
February 6th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
How did the north wall make such a clean break from the east wall? Were all of the horizontal steel members cut prior to the north wall being pulled in? Also, why wasn’t anything done to attentuate the massive dust cloud that was produced?
February 6th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
They nibbled away at the light court inner bracing before they pulled the outside facade in.
The dust ? I guess because it is Detroit, nobody does anything about it. I was spitting dust out of my mouth just from walking around it the next morning, the traffic would kick up the cloud and it would coat everything.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
yeah because somebody musta payed off OSHA & whoever else to turn a blind eye as Adamo wrecklessly destroys yet another blg downtown despite the pulmonary health of anyone who has to live there.
asinine.
February 8th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Ha! in one of the pictures you can see a city trash can caught up in the rubble. It must have been on the walk next to the building. I have a feeling its going to end up in the land fill.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Amazing! Thanks for posting that video.
p.s. I got a compliment on your photo of the yellow seahorse/ purple fan last weekend from a guest.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Hey J – thanks for passing on the seahorse compliment, always good to hear ! Makes me sad wondering what ever happened to that little guy.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:48 am
MAN i was so pissed about this, and by the way there was TONS of trash in there. i wouldnt doubt thats where all the trash came from.