Back in June, we told you about the 22-story Capital One Tower in Lake Charles, Louisiana, that sat vacant and boarded up since Category 4 Hurricane Laura trashed it back in August, 2020.
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| The old Capital One skyscraper in Lake Charles, Louisiana comes down on September 7 after sitting vacant for years. It was badly damaged when Hurricana Laura struck in 2020. |
Much or even most of its green reflective glass windows were blown out. Offices inside the tower - the tallest in Lake Charles - were severely damaged or destroyed.
The building sat boarded up, sad, ugly and untouched since then, as insurers, property owners and developers wrangled over its fate.
Finally, with the help of the mayor of St. Charles putting his foot down, it was decided to just get rid of it. The mayor said the damn thing had kind of outlived its usefulness even before the hurricane.
On September 7, demolition crews imploded the building as people in the city gathered to watch. It came down in a matter of seconds. This might well be the largest building- or at least the tallest - in the United States that had to be demolished due to damage from a weather disaster.
The area where the building was will be redeveloped.
Videos
News crew guides us through the demolition. Click on this link or if you see the image below, click on that:
Another video: Again, click on this link, or if you see the image below, click on that.
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