implosion of maspeth ave holders/ gas storage tanks

[elreyyakko]

remember when we use to race there.....wow...

[yankeepride4life]

I remember this. i use to pass those tanks on the way to school in green point an was always amazed by them, i was sad when they imploded them. also how weird is it that you could see the twins towers after the tanks were imploded an just exactly 2 months after the tanks went down that beautiful skyline in manhattan was taken down to, what a shame

[TheDuesy]

This is so surreal to watch especially when you take into account what would happen 2 months later that year

[TwoBoysWithAlotaToys]

My father took me to see the tanks implode mad early in da morning. Hey nwcchinalake, I also grew up in ridgewood, queens I lived on 69th AV.

[ChrisMastro]

Who was using Super 8 Film in 2001? lol

[bikefixer]

When those two towers came down the Brooklyn landscape changed forever.

[angelfuree]

I agree. I remember always seeing those tanks from a distance when I was a kid. I used to love them and used to call them the 'Twin Tanks'.

[gguru1]

Wow, I didn't think 2001 was THAT long ago :P

[georgeshuber]

Sorry guys, this is NOT an implosion, just destroiment :-)

[nwcchinalake]

east coast west coast brookyln i grew u in ridgewood and i saw it on the news and i knew excatly what they were. i left there at 7 moved to astoria

[neutronflux]

I Grew up with those tanks! Another piece of NYC gone, but not forgotten.

[bflatism]

same here. i wonder what they did to that space 8 years later

[mesozoicisland22]

I miss them! I used to love them! They should have left them up!

[NYPDTB]

I love how people comment about Maspeth. It was just called the Maspeth Holder Tanks because they were situated on Maspeth Av. & Vandervoot in GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN. Not maspeth...

[cny70]

A park across the street from the projects. Sounds great.

[TooDrunkToFxck69]

It's going to be a park there now. They are in the process of it right now.

[SOLDIERX25]

i live in maspeth too

no theres going to be a park ..

[sleazecrue]

so do i the last thing this town needs is another park or school

[magicninjamatt]

haha i live in maspeth

[aznrocker903]

there's going to be a museum where those tankers are.

[spectrefourtwenty]

I remember these, and the Elmhurst gas tanks on Grand ave. too

[Bitemeubloodyelf]

Ahhh good old maspeth.

[tigerlilyflower]

I left Maspeth in 1997, and missed that...but I heard about it. How cool that I could finally see that. They were the markers I always told people I live by "Then you drive on the LIE, I live near the gas tanks."

Maria K

Former Maspethite!