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TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Hungarian Flour Mill
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The West side wall of the
Hungarian Flour Mill. 1990 |
This image is
downright creepy to say the least. The
artist's depiction of an unsettled and
depressed
expression on the man's face is disturbing.
The crooked
raised slab of concrete and shaded entry to
the unknown below completed this creepy
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I could hardly stand
still capturing this image; I felt like "something" was
watching me and cool air came from below.
My mind raced, I was very
jumpy, my feet were too close to the hole; the man on
the wall sadly looked at me.
Walking away slowly with
my eyes fixed on the hole, I felt more comfort with each
step of separation. I would look away for many
steps, then look back as I continued to walk.
Finally I stopped, turned around completely to take one
long last look.
What had just happened?
That was the last photo I
took that day.
For additional images and
commentary, please refer
to the Lower Downtown section.
Fireman's Grain Elevator
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From
the 20th Street Viaduct looking Northeast at
the Fireman's Grain Building.
1992 |
Preparation for the implosion of the
Firemen's Grain Elevator at 20th
Street and Blake Street. 1992
Coor's
Field was coming, and the
Firemen's Grain was going,
going, soon to be gone.
Stamped in
the thin concrete walls on the
south side of this structure the
words read: "Fire Proof Grain
Elevator, erected by John L.
Barr" 1908"
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Those proud words would
protect it from fire but would be no match for
dynamite.
You are viewing this scene
from the also to be demolished 20th Street
Viaduct looking North East at the base of the
structure.
A supporting column wrapped with dynamite towers
over a man in the final stages of the
preparation to implode this structure. Some of
the bottom portions and part of the North side
up to 75 feet high were gouged out to aid the
structure falling away from the viaduct.
All of the North side
columns were wrapped in dynamite up 20 feet from
the ground and some of the dirt below removed to
allow the fallen building more room. The area to
the left was used for rail lines for
distribution of grains and various products.
More recently, the
area had been used to park semi tractor trailers
with the large letters "Truckers Terminal"
painted high on the massive wall.
I refer to the building as
the Firemen's Grain Elevator.
The taller distant warehouses still remain. The
Student Movers Warehouse, center, was
incorporated into the very North East corner of
Coor's Field. The distant Awalt Warehouse at
23rd Street/Viaduct and Blake Street (now Park
Avenue West) still stand today.
For additional images and
commentary, please
refer
to the Coors Field section.
Kim Allen, 2009 |
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