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The Death Of The Drexel Shaft

The 11/15/09 early morning implosion of the Amtrak Steam Plant near 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, more colloquially known as "The Drexel Shaft." A symbolic victory for the students of Drexel...  
 
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EatSleepBreathMovies (3 hours ago) Show Hide
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As for the significance of the shaft and it's destruction: The smokestack is called the Drexel Shaft and had basically become a symbol of the school's bureaucracy and it's common tendency to "shaft" students (the legend is that whenever one of us gets F*#&ed over by the bureaucracy the shaft grew 1") . So the destruction of the the chimney was symbolic to as as is represented our hopes of one day overcoming/bringing down the unbelievably difficult administration at the school
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The music was a perfect choice, LOVE IT! (for anyone that is against it, the music is to spoof a one tree hill season finally a while back and also a subsequent SNL skit. So put in that cultural context of what happened in those it fits the video brilliantly.)
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music is so lame
phoenixshadeRuns (4 days ago) Show Hide
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Nice vid, but damn, this song is the most overused thing on teh intarwebs...
victordelvecchio (5 days ago) Show Hide
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Niiiice, nice shot!
Were they expecting the tower to break in the middle? Very good video, you can see the sysmic impact at building glasses behind
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0:37,,,OMG the the glass of the next building was shaking :D
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very nice! sad moment for philly, but your capture makes it bittersweet.
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This is great cinematography. This video is actually how I found out about this demolition.
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The symbolization is powerful but the thing falling down is cool!!
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Not gonna lie, this actually made me tear up. So beautiful.

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