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Comments(20)

Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

A building being demolished?

Feb 14, 2010 12:03 PM
Marchel Peterson
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Kathy, I'm agreeing with Tammy on a building demolished. 

Feb 14, 2010 12:04 PM
Margo Currie
Exit 1 Stop Realty - Saint Augustine Beach, FL

I agree with you, Tammie. It looks like a building came down somewhere. I always wanted to see that happen in person. Guess it'll have to go on my bucket list... the list is getting long.

Feb 14, 2010 12:05 PM
Bill Gillhespy
16 Sunview Blvd - Fort Myers Beach, FL
Fort Myers Beach Realtor, Fort Myers Beach Agent - Homes & Condos

Hi Kathy,  My guess would be this is the storm damaged building recently demolished in Miami.

Feb 14, 2010 12:09 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Tammie, Marchel, Margo and Bill- Great guesses.  This building at 1515 Flagler in West Palm Beach was heavily damaged during the hurricanes of 2004.  Take a look at video

Feb 14, 2010 12:18 PM
Richard Iarossi
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Crofton, MD
Crofton MD Real Estate, Annapolis MD Real Estate

Kathy,

With all that reinforced concrete, that must have been one heck of a storm.

Rich

Feb 14, 2010 12:28 PM
Jason Crouch
Austin Texas Homes, LLC - Austin, TX
Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (512-796-7653)

Kathy - I see that several people beat me to it already.  :)

Feb 14, 2010 12:51 PM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Kathy, my guess was also a demolished building...

Feb 14, 2010 12:56 PM
Morgan Evans
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Manhattan, NY
LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON

Wow, that is a big pile of demolish building. Interesting photo!

Feb 14, 2010 01:04 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Richard- South Florida was hit badly in 2004 with Hurricane Wilma and a few others.  This was a 30 story building!

Jason- It was quite an undertaking.  People had to be evacuated hundreds of feet around the area.  You can't tell from the photo but there are 2 condos within a few feet of this one.

Rebecca-We just happened to drive by the huge pile of rubble today after seeing the implosion this morning.

Morgan- Hope you checked out the video.

Feb 14, 2010 01:12 PM
Heather Chavez
Second Self Virtual Assistance - Caldwell, ID
Real Estate Virtual, Assistant (928) 692-3235

It definitely had to be a building, Kathy.  A really REALLY big building, perhaps?

Feb 14, 2010 02:16 PM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Kathy,

I missed seeing this today. Did you witness the implosion? Nice photo of the "after." :)

Steve

Feb 14, 2010 03:37 PM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

Did they demolish a building? I'd guess a landfill but I don't see any crap laying around.

Feb 14, 2010 03:53 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Heather- believe it or not it was 30 stories!

Steve- didn't make it out but drove by it yesterday.  Didn't know I was going so all I had was my camera phone.

Lisa-it was the 3rd largest imploded building in the U.S.  They imploded it around 9am and we went by around 3.  No debris at all in the street.

Feb 15, 2010 03:20 AM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Kathy, pretty amazing how buildings can be so easily be taken down by nature and by dynamite!  

Feb 15, 2010 01:02 PM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

It's impressive how well they can control the debris with an implosion. I imagine in another year or two they'll be a spectacular brand new building there.

Feb 15, 2010 02:09 PM
C. Bartch
Newark, OH

Hey Kathy I saw the damage during that time and it looked so devastated.

Feb 15, 2010 03:27 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Doug and Gloria- what mother nature didn't get; man came in and finished it off! 

John- I'm sure another one will pop up.  They say it will take months to remove the debris.

Cynthia-What was amazing many months after the hurricanes were all of the blue tarps over roofs, waiting for the insurance companies and contractors.

Feb 16, 2010 12:18 AM
C. Bartch
Newark, OH

That is exactly what I saw Kathy a sea of blue tarps against your beautiful ocean :(

Feb 18, 2010 11:00 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

And yet, we all still want to live near the water !!

Feb 19, 2010 08:53 AM