Controlled Demolition of Wachovia Building Midtown Atlanta

On September 30, 2006 at around 8:15am the old Wachovia Building at 615 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia USA was imploded using controlled demolition techniques. This was filmed from North Avenue just east of Piedmont Road. After the blast nothing much happens except the dust cloud rising.

You can also see a slide show of my photos on my blog at http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blog/ and do a search for "Wachovia".

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• 615
• Peachtree
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• Wachovia
• Building
• Controlled
• Demolition
• Implosion
• Midtown
• Atlanta
• Georgia
• North
• Avenue
• Piedmont

[Themadfarter1976]

Is it really that cold in September in Atlanta to be wearing sweaters and coats?

[MikeSchinkel]

It was 1 day from October and around 8am in the morning, so yes it was cold.

[Themadfarter1976]

I was only asking because I'm moving there soon, and it sounds good to me that it gets cool that early in the year for the South. It sounds like Atlanta really does have seasons. Which is great!!!!!

[MikeSchinkel]

Seasons? Oh yeah... a lot more than I would like.

We have four full seasons even though some people feel like we don't have winter because we aren't -20F for 2 months. :)

Basically December to February can hover between 40F down to 20F, and dips down to 10F or even 0F. June through August it gets hot. The rest of the year is great.

HTH.

[fivebythree]

LOL - 3:07 mary kay!!

[MikeSchinkel]

?!?

[Themadfarter1976]

Sounds good, thanks for the information.

[bubba5000]

I blame Osama Bin Laden.

[pwalpar]

Awesome video, wish I had went up to see it happen.

[mephisto250]

I liked the part where the building fell down.

[ls1z28chris]

1:47 That lady likes to feel a blast, huh...?