NOTE: Turn your sound down if you watch the videos in these articles.
Unless, of course, you like broadcasting that you're watching a
building implode.
This past weekend the good people of Albany, NY, got a chance
to see "urban renewal" at work as the Wellington Hotel Annex
was leveled by controlled implosion. A new convention center
will be erected in the area and I wouldn't be surprised if EPA
(the regional psych org, not the environmental thingie) holds
a meeting there shortly after the center opens (they'll probably
get a great rate). The implosion was well-documented by
"citizen reporters" (i.e., people who watched with their smart
phone's video on; one wonders how many people took video
of the scene -- I wouldn't be surprised if it were in the
hundreds) and some of these videos are up on the Gothamist
website; see:
http://gothamist.com/2014/08/24/videos_onlookers_delight_at_magical.php
The first video has someone engaged in uncontrolled giggling
during the implosion -- one wonders what response this person
had on 9/11. But I guess that merriment at an event like this
only to be expected when one knows they're not at any danger.
For those whose imploding building hunger is not sated, here's
some videos of a building that was imploded on Governors' Island
(off the southern tip of Manhattan, NYC); see:
http://gothamist.com/2013/06/09/watch_the_the_tallest_building_on_g.php
The second video looks like it was shot from one of the high rise
apartments in Battery Park City (see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park_City ). The person taking
the video seems to me to show the right attitude (i.e., no giggling).
There are also some fantastic shots of New York harbor with the
Verrazano-Narrows bridge in the background.
-Mike Palij
New York University
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