Demolition Photos! (9/27/04) - VERY HIGH BANDWIDTH

scooterj · Post by **scooterj** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:52 pm

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:54 pm

your rock. Tomorrow get the same angle shot as the others with those buildings pretty much OUT so we can make a sweet animation of them coming DOWN.

I would have got ZERO work done with that view.

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:30 pm

Is it just me, or did it seem like the American Formal building really did not want to come down?

KCN · Post by **KCN** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:31 pm

That is awesome!

scooterj · Post by **scooterj** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:32 pm

trailerkid wrote:Is it just me, or did it seem like the American Formal building really did not want to come down?

Honestly? I think they saved it as kind of a prize. Notice that they left only the front facade standing and worked around to all the other buildings. Then only after all else was done did they go after the front of American Formal Wear. When the last part of the front wall fell, and captured poorly in the final photo, that giant claw grabbed the American Formal Wear canoby/sign and histed it into the air, then crushed it.

The best moment was when the front quarter of AFW was still up, that claw was in back and yanked something.... the remaining roof and all the interior floors caved in wih a roar and sent a huge cloud of dust. My car is caked in powered AFW.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:47 am

I liked them spraying the water to help with the dust a little bit. I have some ground level shots I'll upload soon.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:49 am

Here are some ground level shots:

Before:

After:

Some of the first steel to support the surrounding ground.

kurtiebird · Post by **kurtiebird** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:45 am

Great pics, scooter. I knew I would miss that! I'm on vacation this week! Oh well, my side view of it wouldn't have been nearly as exciting as your frontal view.

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:23 pm

Nice Pics! The Entertainment District is already providing quality entertainment!

KCDevin · Post by **KCDevin** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:32 pm

I made an animation... But I dunno if I should upload it, I figured scooterj was making a better one.

LCDSI · Post by **LCDSI** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 8:00 pm

as always great pictures.

i especially like the view of kcstar's new printing facility.

scooterj · Post by **scooterj** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:38 am

KCDevin wrote:I made an animation... But I dunno if I should upload it, I figured scooterj was making a better one.

That's funny.... I made one last night of the last 45 minutes or so that I was still able to take pictures. It's not great but it does breathe some life into the last couple dozen photos....

kurtiebird · Post by **kurtiebird** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:54 pm

Scooter, that's awesome! Really well done. I'm going to save that in my electronic scrapbook.

chnchlla88 · Post by **chnchlla88** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:38 pm

Nice pics and animation, scooter.

Its sad to see old buildings go, but I guess its progress.