The Fort Hill Square parking garage at the corner of Purchase and Oliver Street in the Financial District, seen from Atlantic Avenue. The garage was built in 1959 and demolished on Sunday January 20th 1985, the day Superbowl 19 was held.
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The Fort Hill Square parking garage minutes before it was demolished. How to order prints…
This is the first photo I took, you don’t see much going on yet though naturally I took the photo because I heard the first explosion; it was a bit of a Pavlov’s dog experience. How to order prints…
In the second photo I took things are just starting to happen, the “Boston is booming” and Superbowl XIX banners are beginning to be ripped up, etc… How to order prints…
In the third implosion photo, the clouds of dust and rubble are becoming very rock ’n’ roll… How to order prints…
This is the fourth photo I took of the garage demolition carried out by Hercules Wrecking, based in Brockton. How to order prints…
In the fifth photo the building has completely fallen to the ground, entirely hidden by nasty clouds of dust, rubble and debris. How to order prints…
I have no idea why people ran closer to the expressway as the clouds rose, all I wanted to do was run away after I’d taken enough pictures.How to order prints…
Before the 1980s asbestos was commonly used as insulation in buildings. I had a vague idea that the cloud of dust could be dangerous though that notion came clearly in to focus in the wake of the Twin Tower attacks in Manhattan on September 11th 2001. How to order prints…