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UPDATE: Parliament House Hotel imploded this morning

February 17th, 2008 by Andre Natta · 3 Comments

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At about 7:15 a.m. this morning, the Parliament House Hotel was imploded on Birmingham’s Southside.

We’ll have images up from the event as soon as they become available.

Click on the image above to view our photo gallery from the event. Feel free to share links to other images or coverage as well. Click on the jump to view additional mainstream media and reader coverage.

Fox 6 - video of implosion

ABC 33/40 - images of implosion from their SKYCAM atop Daniel Building

The Birmingham News - Photo gallery | video coverage on Breaking News blog

NBC 13 - Video coverage (scroll down if necessary)

3choBoomer’s Flickr photoset

An account from The2NDHAND editor, Todd Dills

Chris Green - YouTube

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3 comments so far ↓

  • 1 Bob Montgomery Jr.No Gravatar // Feb 17, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Handi-cam video I shot this AM of the PH biting the dust…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CaUgV-jZv8

  • 2 what is past is prologue… // Feb 17, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    [...] So, the moral of the story? Either way, someone ends up with the short end of the stick. And, more often than not, money wins out, and history loses… as it did at 7:15 this morning.  [...]

  • 3 Passing of the Parliament House « Pop Goes the City // Feb 19, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    [...] One of Birmingham’s most prominent examples of midcentury modern architecture has literally bit the dust. Now in my opinion, midcentury architecture can be beautiful or horrendous, and for me the [...]