They finally imploded the C-8 building in Asbury Park, as I talked about last week. Here is the video I took, via youtube:
I took a ride down, getting down to Asbury Park before six this morning. It was a wild scene to watch unfold – a ton of people came out to watch, including a lot of the NYC news media and a few of the local radio stations. There was an eight block area blocked off, so I was in the grassy park area near Kingsley between Fifth and Sunset. I was able to get as close and they would allow and I had a good view of the implosion.
For those that aren’t familar with Asbury Park, this construction on this building started in the mid to late 80’s. After 12 of the 16 stories of the building were up, the developer went bankrupt and the land had sat in tax/governmental/political limbo until a few years ago. After the area near Cookman Ave and Main Street had undergone redevelopment, development finally began on the oceanfront area. However, this building still stood as a reminder of what the city once was and overshadowed all of the good going on in the area.
The implosion of the building is a very monumental step forward in the redevelopment. The eyesore is gone and I am very interested in how the city is going to unfold after this.
Here is a recent article from the Asbury Park Press talking about the past and future of the building. And here is another quick article on the Asbury Park Press website about today’s events.
And finally, here are photos I’d like to share. The first is a photo I found that I took on March 29, 2002 that shows how the C-8 building used to look. The rest of the photos are from today’s events.
photographers trying to sell photos, but if you poke around you’ll find some interesting stuff. And speaking of photoblogs, someone at Flickr has photos of last week’s Asbury Park demolition of a partially finished hotel near the boardwalk. So doesNo Turn of Red, and he’s got a shot of Tillie (not the original) looking out over the wreckage.
Police fed up with North Ward campaign antics” ….. – Budget: “James to amend 2006 budget; details how city would spend PA’s $50M” ………. – The Ledger’s Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here ….. – Asbury Park: “Video: Sat. implosion of the unfinished C-8 condos on the Boardwalk” ………. – SL: “The developer who built it helps to blow it up” ….. – Ft. Monmouth: “For sale by Army: Its Jersey gold mine” ….. – Montclair: “Exploring history in Montclair district” Sheneman’s Cartoon is
Thanks for sharing.
thanks for the video tom! finally!
Thank you so much for sharing this video and your pictures. I, too, experienced this historic event that morning. It’s nice to experience the event through the video. Thanks again!! Great photos!
I’m glad that I was able to share some of my photos with people. There have been a lot of photo sets on flickr and the such, but if anyone has any links to other blog posts with more photos, I’d love to see them.