...but the fourth one stayed up!

You can safely skip the first 51 seconds of this video.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:
You can safely skip the first 51 seconds of this video.
But then you miss out on the emotional attachment to the building that gives meaning to its destruction.

More info:
The 31-story Ocean Towers condominium was apparently dubbed the "Leaning Tower of Padre", and the city of South Padre Island claimed it was the largest concrete building ever imploded.

sounds like a jobs plan!

Here, dig that ditch!
And you, now go fill it in!

*music

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And this is why good engineers are worth their money.

From the prospectus: "At Ocean Tower SPI you can always rely on the fact that you will be living in a building that is an architectural gem of the highest quality with the latest technology."

A lawsuit was filed in June 2008 against the engineering firm and design consultants, Datum Engineering, Inc. and Raba-Kistner Consultants, Inc.; construction company Zachry Construction was dismissed as a defendant in the lawsuit.

I hope the $100M pricetag was to be what it would have cost had it actually been completed. The empty shell I see in this vid shouldn't have cost nearly that much. Unless all the concrete was shipped in via airplane.

>> ^spawnflagger:

I hope the $100M pricetag was to be what it would have cost had it actually been completed. The empty shell I see in this vid shouldn't have cost nearly that much. Unless all the concrete was shipped in via airplane.
According to one source, this was backed by a $75M bank loan, of which $65M "evaporated" with the destruction of the tower. There was a $125M lawsuit pending.