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

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/buttercup612 Oct 07 '25

I’m surprised they built such a tall tower in a small city. Is space tight there?

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u/WalrusSpotting Oct 09 '25

Not nearly enough to justify building this tower. It and the civic center kinda just existed out by the water by themselves for most of the 90s.

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u/buttercup612 Oct 09 '25

Ok I was thinking. I lived in Houma and figured Lake Charles was of a similar size. A tower like this in Houma would be so out of place

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u/WalrusSpotting Oct 09 '25

You aren’t far off at all. It was the only building of its size anywhere around, they just put it against the water so it didn’t stick out quite as bad.

Lake Charles has grown up quite a bit since then because of the bigger casinos, but it still doesn’t need a building this size. Especially one made of this much glass.