Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yesterday, the tallest building in South Dakota was scheduled for demolition. 202 ft. No, that is not a typo. More cows than people here. What did you expect? :) Anyway... the demolition company came in from out of state. Said things like this was one of the easiest jobs they've ever done. Slam dunk. Big fund raising event. Sold raffle tickets, with the winner getting to push the button that set off the explosives that would bring the Zip Feed Mill down. Proceeds went to benefit Multiple Sclerosis research. Local television crew taped the demolition from no less than 13 angles. Televised the event live. 25,000 showed up to watch the explosion. (City population: 140,000.) Anyway, to say this was a flop is a major understatement. We now have the Leaning Tower of Sioux Falls. Demolition company says they'll bring in a crane and manually tear the rest of it down within a few weeks. :) So I had to go out this morning and shoot some pics. -1 F at the time. (And we're back down to below zero again tonight.) http://canid.com/zip_feed_mill/zip_feed_mill_232a11.html http://canid.com/zip_feed_mill/zip_feed_mill_232b28.html http://canid.com/zip_feed_mill/zip_feed_mill_23302.html More pics. (The first four were before the demolition.) http://canid.com/zip_feed_mill/thumbs.html All comments and critiques welcome. Which ones do you like and which do you think should never see the light of day again? :) -- Eric http://canid.com/