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In case you missed the implosion...

> > you can watch it from several angles here
> > http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8079772/detail.html
> >
> > also, lots of still shots here
> http://www.for>
> twortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1171&st=250
>
> >
> >
> > that was fun... let's do another one! ;-)
> >
>
> As seen from the 18th floor of the Courtyard Mariott hotel.
>
>
> www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion.wmv
> www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion_produced.wmv
>
Outstanding video (and music) from your efforts, as well as the various other angles of view from Channel 5 and additional vantage points.

Implosions are an engineering and logistical marvel. You did well capturing the beauty of the event.
 
> > you can watch it from several angles here
> > http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8079772/detail.html
> >
> > also, lots of still shots here
> http://www.for>
> twortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1171&st=250
>
> >
> >
> > that was fun... let's do another one! ;-)
> >
>
> As seen from the 18th floor of the Courtyard Mariott hotel.
>
>
> www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion.wmv
> www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion_produced.wmv
>
I enjoyed that! Esp the second one! I hope you don't mind but I posted the link on the Fort Worth Forum.
 
Pardon my shameless curiosity/ignorance, but wasn't this the building that was sideswiped by a tornado a few years ago, and that, also, was full of asbestos?

Because if it is, boy, am I glad to see it go!

> you can watch it from several angles here
> http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8079772/detail.html
>
> also, lots of still shots here
http://www.for> twortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1171&st=250
>
>
> that was fun... let's do another one! ;-)
>
<P ID="signature">______________
I listen to what I like.
Ratings be Damned.</P>
 
> Pardon my shameless curiosity/ignorance, but wasn't this the
> building that was sideswiped by a tornado a few years ago,
> and that, also, was full of asbestos?
>
> Because if it is, boy, am I glad to see it go!
>
> > you can watch it from several angles here
> > http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8079772/detail.html
> >
> > also, lots of still shots here
> http://www.for>
> twortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1171&st=250
>
> >
> >
> > that was fun... let's do another one! ;-)
> >
> You are probably thinking of the 37-story former Bank One Tower that was to be demolished but has been turned into luxury condos today and renamed The Tower. The Landmark Tower was also hit but has been vacant about 15 years. They removed the asbestos before the implosion. XTO Energy bought the Landmark Tower and plans a surface parking lot for their headquarters in the short term with a possible 50-story headquarters to be built in the future. Click here for some old tornado pics> http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/tornado.htm
 
> > > you can watch it from several angles here
> > > http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8079772/detail.html
> > >
> > > also, lots of still shots here
> > http://www.for>
> >
> twortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1171&st=250
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > that was fun... let's do another one! ;-)
> > >
> >
> > As seen from the 18th floor of the Courtyard Mariott
> hotel.
> >
> >
> > www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion.wmv
> > www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion_produced.wmv
> >
> Outstanding video (and music) from your efforts, as well as
> the various other angles of view from Channel 5 and
> additional vantage points.
>
> Implosions are an engineering and logistical marvel. You
> did well capturing the beauty of the event.
>

I was there. I kinda hated to see it go. I remember the digital clock that used to be on top. I especially hated it when I found out it's going to be a parking lot there now.

My wife jumped when the first explosion went off....:)
 
>
> As seen from the 18th floor of the Courtyard Mariott hotel.
>
>
> www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion.wmv
> www.km5r.org/funstuff/implosion_produced.wmv
>

VERY NICE job!! Excellent work!! :eek:) Did you notice something "flying" through the smoke after the building went down? Was it a bird? Was it a plane? hehe Even on slo mo, I can't figure out what it was, unless just debris......except that it was flying horizontal.....hmmmm <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by DJn4me on 03/19/06 06:14 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> Did anybody remember to get "Lo-Com" out of there?!?!? :)
>
> Or the multi-line heliax feed-thru...or the Sirius
> terrestrial repeater building! Yikes!!!


It's not the same bldg. Lo-com may have been there at one time, but there were no ham repeaters there now. Sirius? wasn't that Bank one building? This was the Landmark Tower bldg. To my knowledge, there hasn't been anything at the top of that except pigeons for years. <P ID="signature">______________
vide0 killed the radi0 star</P>
 
> Was it a bird? Was it a plane? hehe Even on slo mo,
> I can't figure out what it was, unless just
> debris......except that it was flying horizontal.....hmmmm
>

I DID see a few pigeons flying in the area through all the dust. I presume they'd been roosting inside or nearby? I didn't notice whether I got them in the shot or not. But I'm assuming that's what you saw. :)<P ID="signature">______________
vide0 killed the radi0 star</P>
 
> I was there. I kinda hated to see it go. I remember the
> digital clock that used to be on top.

I also remember the old clock from when I was a kid in the late 50's/early 60's. It was a slowly rotating cube--two sides had the digital clock, the other two had "CNB" which IIRC stood for Continental National Bank. It was probably the most distinctive building in downtown Fort Worth in those days. Not sure when the clock was removed but it was quite a few years ago. Sad to see it go, somewhat surprised the building had been abandoned for so many years.
 
DUH...Of course...I was thinking the old Team Bank Bldg. I didn't even realize the former CNB building was still standing (guess it's NOT now)!!! :)


>
> It's not the same bldg. Lo-com may have been there at one
> time, but there were no ham repeaters there now. Sirius?
> wasn't that Bank one building? This was the Landmark Tower
> bldg. To my knowledge, there hasn't been anything at the
> top of that except pigeons for years.
>
 
I couldn't watch. Coming up 377 as a kid, that building always meant home.

There was also the blue gas jet coming from the utilities building, which was later replaced by an electric version. And another red rotating sign I can't recall. But the CNB clock was it, and even in the Guinness Book for awhile as the world's largest digital timepiece.

One other thing I hope those of you with a frequency will help out with: Ft. Worth's skyline was always postcard quality, thanks also to the strings of lights that outlined all the major buildings. Over the years that postcard has suffered, and now is a distressing sight of snaggletoothed disrepair. I know there are a billion things more important, but it would seem that one trip to Home Depot with Ed Bass' credit card would restore that individuality. I hammer that subject whenever I can. Ft. Worth has a great skyline, but it could be spectacular.

And may yet be again. The old CNB site will be a parking lot for now, but I'm hearing that the addition of a 50-story building in its place is well past the concept stage. From what I'm told, if the Trinity Vision happens, so will the skyscraper.

Jody

> > I was there. I kinda hated to see it go. I remember the
> > digital clock that used to be on top.
>
> I also remember the old clock from when I was a kid in the
> late 50's/early 60's. It was a slowly rotating cube--two
> sides had the digital clock, the other two had "CNB" which
> IIRC stood for Continental National Bank. It was probably
> the most distinctive building in downtown Fort Worth in
> those days. Not sure when the clock was removed but it was
> quite a few years ago. Sad to see it go, somewhat surprised
> the building had been abandoned for so many years.
>
 
> I couldn't watch. Coming up 377 as a kid, that building
> always meant home.
>
> There was also the blue gas jet coming from the utilities
> building, which was later replaced by an electric version.
> And another red rotating sign I can't recall. But the CNB
> clock was it, and even in the Guinness Book for awhile as
> the world's largest digital timepiece.
>
> One other thing I hope those of you with a frequency will
> help out with: Ft. Worth's skyline was always postcard
> quality, thanks also to the strings of lights that outlined
> all the major buildings. Over the years that postcard has
> suffered, and now is a distressing sight of snaggletoothed
> disrepair. I know there are a billion things more important,
> but it would seem that one trip to Home Depot with Ed Bass'
> credit card would restore that individuality. I hammer that
> subject whenever I can. Ft. Worth has a great skyline, but
> it could be spectacular.
>
> And may yet be again. The old CNB site will be a parking lot
> for now, but I'm hearing that the addition of a 50-story
> building in its place is well past the concept stage. From
> what I'm told, if the Trinity Vision happens, so will the
> skyscraper.
>
> Jody
I hear ya. When driving North on i-35 at night and I wanted to know what time it was,there was the cnb clock. I was awestruck the first time I saw the FTW skyline at Christmas,man what a civic endeavor that was. Too bad,corporate folks then got replaced by Business degree 80's mentality and ruined it. Sorta like radio.
 
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