North wall collapse - Lafayette Building demolition in Detroit 2-6-10

[makeiteasyable]

scary

[FurrtherMoor]

What kind of slock job demo contractor is THIS? they actually have a license? damn, this is the most unsafe demo I've ever seen- tearing away the way they did.

[ssdphoto]

@FurrtherMoor I was horrified when I saw the method they used. No wonder they wrecked their new Jewell High Reach the first day. This building should have been taken down by a single crane with a wrecking ball from the top down. Pulling the structure over after weakening the base is just insane especially in the downtown area with ZERO dust suppression.

[philritter21]

@ssdphoto I agree. Watch the other collapse video of the other side. It was shocking what they did. Especially with the occupied buildings attached, and how debris nearly falls into the entrances of them. I cant believe these yahoos are licensed to do this.

[TitaniumByFire]

Another parking lot or parking deck I suppose. Detroit is a poorly ran city, a hopeless cause.

[TimBesco]

I bet the dude in the cab of the crane was like "OH SHIT!!!" when that wall was coming straight at him.

[britdemo]

what is historical about an old concrete and steel building , in uk we have standing structures that are 600 year old now thats history

[BuildingsofDetroit]

@britdemo We'll never get to 600-year-old buildings if Americans keep tearing everything down.

[demons936]

@BuildingsofDetroit

whats the point of 600 year old buildings if you cant use them>

[dallaskeffer]

It is sad that in America almost nothing is taken care of to last long enough to become truly historic. We are becoming a wasteland.

[Radjehuty]

@britdemo In a country less than 300 years old...this building was historical. Yes Europe is older than the USA...doesn't make it any better or worse

[relimes]

What happened to the crane operator, did he get buried in the rubble?

[garycalgary]

why was i not invited to this tititlating scintilating exciting event?

[6969Wolf6969]

who cares about the city. i love to see ADAMO wrecking this old stuff. and i love CATERPILLAR and DEERE for making these beautiful wrecking machines.

[garycalgary]

@6969Wolf6969 wow you like snide sarcasm don't you

[Billycheezit]

@garycalgary its ok, he has "69" in his name too many times to matter

[6969Wolf6969]

gorgeous eq

[supersimpsonsfan100]

thats unbelivable seeing that lagre structure shakeing lake a branch.

[UNETSDetroit]

Good work

[marantz7]

the building doesn't need to be demolished .. it's the fucking people living in this city that need to be demolished !!

[DrBPhD]

Well, this is what you get in an ultra capitalistic societey. The people of Detroit can't help it either. Their just out of jobs and money.

[garycalgary]

@marantz7 why don't you take a rifle put it under your chin and blow your head off if the world is so horrible

[marantz7]

@garycalgary i never said the world was horrible you idiot .. i don't like people saying these building need to go. there was nothing wrong with these old buildings. it's the people in the city of detroit who give a rats ass about anything and continue to burn everything in sight. so put a gun to your own head asshole

[countryboy44555]

1:06 the car driver was like OMFG dust!!!!!

[6969Wolf6969]

ADAMO is a great wrecking company. Love to see them knock down this old crap in Detroit.

[rhymeswithrawk]

@6969Wolf6969 And I can't wait for them to start tearing that cheap crap down in the suburbs. I'll be there cheering like you, Wolfman, once they blow up the Palace, Silverdome and all that boring strip mall crap.

[6969Wolf6969]

The stripmall stuff is atrocious and should come down. But it's making money for the owners. When was the last time you stopped at a stripmall to buy something? It's convenient.

It's all this garbage in the city like this that needs to come down. When are they gonna start swingnig the wrecking ball at that piece of trash train station? Can't wait to see that down and off to the landfill.

[6969Wolf6969]

Those guys wrecking the building are ruthless. Seems they get it down any hard and aggressive way that they can. I love to see them demo this old crap. Bring it all down.

On the the next old dilapidated fire trap in Detroit. I am sure ADAMO will get the job and I can't wait to see them trash the next place. LOL.

Keep up the good work, photographers, videographers, and, of course, the talented operators in those big mean killer track hoes.

Love it all.

[6969Wolf6969]

that is really aggressive demoliton by ADAMO.

It's cool to see how they swing the wrecking ball with the track hoe to weaken the structure.

Then they just kill it.

Wow, those guys don't mess around.

I see they did it in the middle of the night so that nobody would be around, but how cool that you caught it on video. Thanks for staying up late (or getting up early) to catch it on film.

[umdet]

barbaric. wasting a great city.

[6969Wolf6969]

It's a rundown piece of garbage. Good to see Adamo clearing it out, finally.

[14toskr]

Democrats at work! Yea...

[KeithEmmerichPhoto]

you have to feel sorry for the guy on the drivers seat

[6969Wolf6969]

he gets paid great money to do this, and has a lot of fun. paid to destroy shit, what could be more fun?

[videoportfolio]

YEAH !! Great jobs guys. Good work.

[6969Wolf6969]

Right on, bro! The tree huggers on this site are out of control, aren't they? Don't you love to see crappy old buildings like this hit the ground. Demo is so cool!!!

[deadbunndeadbunn]

what city do you live in?

[6969Wolf6969]

I live in Bloomfield Hills, where we love the demo guys and the demo companies that are cleaning up all this crap downtown. they are honest guys making a living at it. bring on the wrecking crews. you don't like it, ,then buy the building yourself, if you want to save it, you tree hugging pesto eating scum

[deadbunndeadbunn]

That why the city is in the shape it is, cause people like you abandoned it.............

[rsouthen]

so freakin sad but its a great vid.

[6969Wolf6969]

what is sad about it? hysterical preservation is sad. the building needs to come down.

[rsouthen]

i feel sad for you. historical preservation is important.

[6969Wolf6969]

historical preservation is a waste of time.

this building needs to come down.

the developer is right. tear it down.

nice to see that fall.

[6969Wolf6969]

The sooner it's on the ground, the better.

[6969Wolf6969]

Right on, bro!

[nlmcp]

wow, that is amazing to watch.

[328DLCR]

WHOA!!!!!!!