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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.
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We have just learned what streets will be closed in advance of tomorrow’s scheduled implosion of the Parliament House Hotel.
Birmingham Police Department will be closing the following streets at approximately 5 a.m. Sunday morning.
20th Street South from 3rd Avenue to 6th Avenue South;
4th Avenue South from 19th Street to 21st Street South;
5th Avenue South from 19th Street to 21st Street South.
The implosion will not take place if there is severe wind or heavy rain. It’s scheduled to happen at 7 a.m. Weather forecast models suggest that the event will be finished in advance of severe weather currently expected to reach town by lunchtime tomorrow.
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UPDATE: 2.17.2008 – Images are up
UPDATE: 2.16.2008 – Street closing information
Bob Farley/f8photo
As many of you already know, the Parliament House Hotel is being imploded on Sunday morning at 7 a.m., weather permitting. Check in with us on Sunday morning after 8 a.m. to see pictures from this unique event. You can bookmark this page as we’ll have a link from here to the gallery.
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UPDATE: 2.16.2008 – Street closing information
We were hoping we’d be able to get that news up this evening before anyone else did, though the Birmingham Business Journal ended up beating us to the punch. We actually confirmed it with sources yesterday morning.
As far as a time goes, let’s just say that you’ll probably want to wake up pretty early this coming Sunday morning if you want to watch history take place – maybe some time around dawn. So there will probably be a few folks doing a double take as they drive down 20th Street on the way to church later Sunday morning.
We’d also not recommend trying to get too close if you do go down to “watch”; there’s a reason they normally keep you a few blocks away…
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