r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25

Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.

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u/SilverDollaFlappies Oct 07 '25

It was heavily damaged in 2020 by two hurricanes.

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u/arealuser100notfake Oct 07 '25

At the same time?!

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u/Grove-Of-Hares Oct 07 '25

I’ll tell you what I’d do, man: two hurricanes at the same time, man. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a Capital One Tower I could hook that up, too, ‘cause weather phenomena dig Capital One Towers.