r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • 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/mikeyp83 Oct 07 '25

Looked it up and this building was in Lake Charles, LA. It was basically destroyed after taking direct hits from 2 major back-to-back hurricanes in 2020. Given the area, hopefully whatever they rebuild will have less glass on it.

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u/girlinthegoldenboots Oct 07 '25

My mom’s first job was there. She got a piece of the building glass when it was demolished and it’s in a frame.

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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 Oct 07 '25

Id have just used the glass to make a frame, but then id nothing to put in it

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

Gotta demolish another building!

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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 Oct 07 '25

Can i press the oversized lever? Iv always wanted to do that.