Scranton Implosion

SCRANTON, Pa

On April 5, 1992 on WYOU 22 (my local news station, Scranton, Pa) I remember watching these 6 buildings implode to make way for the Steamtown Mall. This video can't be found anywhere else on the internet.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Scranton
• implosion
• WYOU
• 22
• boom
• Demolition
• explosion
• fire
• scranton
• smoke
• blast
• news
• 1992
• sctanton

[scrantonsux]

why would you take the embedding of the video off?

you would thinck u would want as many people as possible see it

i cant wait till this whole town goes like that...wont be long MAYOR DOHERTY is running it into bankrupcy

[Trygar1987]

@scrantonsux I was not aware the embedding option was off, it is now fixed.

[lakelandchief]

My grandpa worked in one of those buildings for 55 years. I did not know him I think it was some type of factory. If someone knows the name of the buildings maybe that would ring a bell of which one he worked in thanks.

[kneegloc]

Hey, I remember this! And I remember not going to see it, because "implosions" were all "the rage" back then, and I saw it live on one of the news stations... Then, they built a mall that charges too much for rent so no stores can survive... Vacant storefronts: Sounds like Scranton to me! ;-)

[kneegloc]

@barry23232323 Dis ain't "ghetto ebonics," dis is da way old Scran'ntonians tok. Day tok about dis here ting, and day tok about dat dare ting. Tings change a lot here, so dare used to it. Da 'lectric city, is what day call Scran'n. Dis includes Da Mall, and Gertrude Hoks (ya gotta' go true Dummore ta get dare).

[Yautjakshai]

Wow! I remember this!!! What a big deal this was for Scranton. It was like the coolest thing ever for Scrantonians. And the Kamakazi Camera was all the rage.

[sickandtiredofmorons]

@7855waldo You're a fucking idiot.

[7855waldo]

Why did WYOU do that?

Sincrely,

WMEE

[Lengas32]

When did this happen?