Implosion of the Sears Merchandising Center

Documentary by Clark Perks about the Crash Camera used atop the flagpole of the Clock Tower of the massive Sears Building that was imploded on October 30, 1994 in Northeast Philadelphia. I live 5 minutes away from the building and have been killing myself looking for footage on the implosion and finally came across this within the depths of the internet. Enjoy!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Sears
• Merchandising
• Center
• Philadelphia
• Northeast
• Philly
• Clock
• tower

[garycalgary]

lol all that for 2 seconds of footage

but your explanation was very interesting

if sears was in chicago as their head office why was their distribution business in philadelphia?

[MajinLou]

lol i know right... they went through so much trouble.. for just still shots of dust haha. Well Sears used to be super huge and had distribution centers all over the US actually. Most of which are now abandoned or converted into something else.

[chuckrowe1070]

Nicely done. Great project.

[cool45010]

@garycalgary sure thing

[garycalgary]

@cool45010 wow that's a plausible explanation and better yet without condescending sarcasm so thank you for the explanation.

I am sure sears did everything to maximize profits like every other business.....

Cheers to you

[cool45010]

@garycalgary Lessing J. Rosenwald, the son of Julius Rosenwald who joined with Sears after Roebck left and the president of Sears-Roebuck in the 1930s-50s, lived outside of Jenkintown, a suburb of Philadelphia. There he built his home, Alverthorpe Manor in 1939. He lived there until his death in the late 60s. After he died, his wife Edith donated the 55-room mansion and all 27 acres of its property to the township, who turned the grounds into Alverthorpe Park and the home into an arts center.

[moonbunch01]

I was there! We had a crowd with us that day. I can't even describe the eerie feeling when the clock tower which had been a landmark in Northeast Philadelphia for decades began to tilt and then fall into a cloud of brown dust. When we saw the debris cloud rolling directly toward us, we ran as fast as we could. Little did we know that the Twin Towers would be destroyed years later in NYC.

[moonbunch01]

we were there! when we saw the dust cloud rolling toward us, we ran as fast as we could to escape. We had a whole crowd with us that day. I can't describe the eerie feeling when the tower, which had been a landmark on the blvd. for years, suddenly began to tilt and then fall into a brown cloud. It brought tears to your eyes for sure. Awesome! Little did we know that years later we would witness the destruction of the Twin Towers in NYC.

[TearsForSears]

I did climb on that pile of bricks to get some of those sears bricks and yes I did get hurt but not to bad, GREAT VIDEO ...!!!

[Pldculebra]

Awesomeness.