This is our NU AmeriKa, nothing means anything & we can build to the sky (same as the folks at Babel). Renovation wouldn't cost much, but they wanted something different
It's been mostly vacant since the late 80s. A couple offices were used until around 2005 or so but it's been mostly empty. Between degradation and hazardous material removal it would have cost more to refurbish the building than the building was worth. Now the land can actually be used for housing and stores.
I might've been in Kindergarten but I remember the excitement when the Martin Towers was built. And I remember being pissed as a little kid because the second tower was never built... and I had already got used to calling it Martin TowerS
Actually, I lived 15 miles away. People were quite excited. It was the tallest building for miles around and built as much as possible with Bethlehem Steel. I took a school field trip to that building. One thing that stuck was the tour guide showing a research product: they were trying to pull form cans from steel in the same way aluminum cans are made. Time grinds on whether we like it or not.
The good ol' days of carrying a briefcase up into that tower, to enjoy a middle class job, pay for a mortgage, a decent car, your kids' education, then collect a decent pension. All seem to have collapsed with that tower.
@@yossarian6799 must have been a good job he felt fortunate to have. I was going for 40 at the refinery I worked at but only made 35. Body failed. They offered a salary job but I dug my crew and the shift work too much. Your dad was a good man for hanging in there.
"...the building falling down in its own footprint..." *One more time, with feeling...* The Planes, both loaded with most of their fuel, hit the Towers at 440 and 587 miles per hour. The impact vaporized the insulation on the metal members and connections. The ensuing fire, further weakened the metal structures, when the last eventuality occurred. The most powerful natural force on earth, Gravity, takes everything straight down...as it is wont to do...* *If you insist on looking for Conspiracy, you're going to have to go back to the principle actors. 9/11, was not a controlled demolition!*
Martin Tower in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, was originally the headquarters of now defunct Bethlehem Steel. This demolition occurred at 7:03 AM on 19 May 2019
Your crazy all of you. Mary was raped by a Roman guard and told Jesus he was the son of this god..He beLIEved it so much he gave his life for it. Keep evolving, intelligence was not needed in the begining for life to begin..life is a begining with an end that keeps expanding.😂❤🎉
Stay away from this type of demolition,down here in Australia we had a young girl killed by a piece of flying steel and people were probably the same distance away as you see here. The news article is on TH-cam Canberra demolition accident
I remember hearing about that years ago, and there is a video where a large rock shoots past this man's head just missing him. Probably a similar range to this one from memory.
A fool says an eagle is a fly and lion a rat. Trump is the only president who walked into South Korea without escort and visa. Trump is the only president who caught a bullet and still stood to fight for patriotìc citizens all over the world. Go take your med and quit watching cnn, msnbc, and liberal democrat propaganda. You will have more peace and life.@@maryl8753
And that is an indication that the destruction of the new York twin towers was a work from within. The way the twin towers collapsed and imploded is a possibility of there were bombs implanted at the ground level. Otherwise the chemistry, the physics and the civil engineering from the implosive of the twin, is unrealistic and I doubt if it was the two planes, that brought down the twin towers
@@TessaRooney4EVER It's one thing to see this planned and perfectly controlled demolition, and a completely different thing to witness the twin towers completely collapse with so many people still inside! Yes, it's sudden, and maybe a little bit frightening. But I for one, wouldn't feel right making that comparison.
No, it went differently. The part above the fire went down after an hour of hot burning fire. Steel just can't withstand such a hot fire for a very long time. And as the upper part of the building crushed down on the lower part, it crushed the floors one by one as it hit them. The lower part did not sink down from the bottom like in this video here, but from the top down - from that part that did crush down on the lower part. Just use your eyes and brain.
@@itsacircleda They refused to release them. There's a lot of nasty stuff in a implosion dust cloud. 10,000+ cases of cancer from a one time exposure to the dust cloud from the WTC collapse. An EPA researcher Dr. Cate Jenkins made the connection between the respirable silica in the cloud and cancer.
It's actually far cheaper to build new housing than to renovate and remediate those older buildiings. While the Martin Tower was a familiar landmark it wasn't architecturally or historically significant. Abandoned buildings also create a host of problems, namely crime and danger to the public.
Everything in this world is like a sound wave. One minute you’re there next minute you’re not. I wish me and my son were never a part of this undefinable world 😢
Girl be wise what you wish for especially when God and the universe know you does have behavior be careful what you think and say you always attract what you think of okk
Ya'll that know - just laugh, shake your head, and move on. It ain't worth it to have "the Nine-Eleven Talk" with people in the year 2024. The chances they'd even argue in good faith are already slim.
In case you didn't know, WTC7 collapsed due to the fires that were ignited by debris from the collapse of the North Tower (WTC1). These fires burned for several hours, weakening the building's steel structure. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which conducted an extensive investigation, concluded that the collapse was initiated by the failure of a critical internal column (Column 79) due to thermal expansion caused by the prolonged fires. This failure caused a progressive collapse of the building's internal structure, eventually leading to the entire building collapsing.
@@ButterfatFarms My Dad spent some time on the links with Bethlehem Steel execs at Saucon Valley over the years. "Hubris" doesn't begin to describe the company's corporate mindset.
@@yossarian6799OK then. 😂 You got to admit building your corporate executive tower with the cross section of a cruciform to maximize both corner office and window office availability was kind of brilliant. :) If ever there was a time for peak hubris at Bethlehem Steel it was just about the time they were building Martin Tower and moving into it. It was fully occupied by 73 and it was a record year for them, and then again and next exceeding that. And yet by the late eighties the tower would be mostly vacant and get sold off. When they file for bankruptcy in 2001 they were the 25th American Steel maker to do so since 1998. And they would close in 2003 :( It was a good run considering the company could trace its roots all the way back to 1857 and the success they had reached by the time they were occupying Martin Tower. The hubris is understandable.
@@yossarian6799 "Martin Tower is historic for all the wrong reasons. When it was dedicated in 1973, the headquarters of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. -- built with the company's own materials -- was touted as a symbol of the giant corporation's strength, vision and dedication to the region. But when it is demolished in the coming months, it will be as a symbol of failure, the place where comfortable executives isolated themselves as their decisions sank a once-titanic industry. In 2010, the 21-story, 332-foot-tall tower, the tallest in the Lehigh Valley, was added to the National Register of Historic Places, but not for any design or architectural significance. The application for the National Park Service's list (which includes interior photos that can be seen below) lambasts decades of upper management that was too impressed with itself and too slow to respond to the changing market. "Martin Tower reflects (Bethlehem Steel's) corporate culture of extravagance and laissez-faire attitude that flew in the face of a workforce continually being asked to reduce costs in order to make the company more profitable," the nominating form reads. "As corporate executives flourished in their modern skyscraper fit with the finest furnishings including valuable artwork and meals served on silver, profits plummeted, plants were shut down and workers were laid off." Martin Tower is historic, it turns out, because it is a cautionary tale." - Source: Lehigh Valley Live 2019 Heck of a reason for a building to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It was home to Bethlehem Steel. I don't think any babies were born there. But it was a sad moment for those old enough to remember when it was erected.
For us Lehigh Valley natives, the Martin Tower represented both this area's industrial might in earlier times, and its long and slow descent. This area was left for dead and in the past two decades we've managed to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and we're actually starting to thrive again. So in a way, seeing the Martin Tower demolished was symbolic of our rebirth.
@@regould221remember the 2.25 seconds free fall for building 7? Lmfao And I'm sure you were close enough to 7 to be factual with your no explosion bs.
@@VETTEDZ06 Nothing significant about a ''freefall'' Did you expect it to float into the air. You need to give up on the ''controlled demolition collapse with no explosions" BS
It only ever existed to serve one purpose. To be the headquarters of the second largest steel manufacturer in the world. That time has passed, and its purpose with it.
This is such a waste when there are so much homeless they could have used it along with the government to create an affordable living space for people in the area!!! So sight, only care for profit.
@@karackcjj the building was uninhabitable without asbestos remediation, whose cost actually exceeded the building's value. It stood vacant for years and it was better to demolish it before it became a public hazard with squatters and the like.
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I saw that happen a few times in Lower Manhattan back in September 2001.
It had been vacant for more than 10 years by that time. The original owner of it filed for bankruptcy, other tenants didn't remain for long afterwards for whatever reason.
Decades ago, I used to find videos like this fascinating. The expertise and organization that went into the execution of a planned implosive demolition was very impressive to me. Then came 9/11, and the indescribable horror of watching helplessly as the twin towers fell.... Now, I try to avoid screening this type of footage. Such a painful memory...😢🙏
yep that’s exactly what happened, thousands and thousands of pounds of explosives and demolition equipment were brought into the twin towers and none of the 10,000 people working there noticed 🥴 you solved it
No you are not the only one, I was thinking about it too, but it's always sad to see a building come down period to me. Men worked so hard to build it. It gave people jobs. America is bad about tearing down our history too. I guess I just don't like change. Especially when it's not going to make anything better. They tear down something historical and put up a stupid ole car wash. Now, that's just silly to me. 😢
A skill that one has to acquire is what good grammer is but it's the ones that don't have it that are seemingly the most prevalent. I myself got it from schools that I went to in higher education and of whom I highly recommend.
I'm all for housing the homeless.... but not giving them mesothelioma in the process. To legally rezone the building to residential required asbestos remediation that exceeded the building's market value.
Most of the clips I see of people trying to 'help' the homeless are rebuffed with "I don't want help, I want to defecate right here in front of this business". If you want to help them, stop giving them other people's money.
Each time I see one of these demolitions I immediately think of the amount of CO2 we spent on building them not to mention the further cost of getting rid of what remains in rubble.
@@CryptoChef99 yeah, I know. You mean you are a dumbass who thinks he's smart just by denying reality and giving lessons on matters he knows shit about. You mean it even if you don't realise you do. You don't even understand what the impact of a plane or a sustained fire can do to a building.
There was simply no demand for that much office space, or even residential space in Allentown. With relatively low real estate costs in this area, the cost of asbestos remediation actually exceeded the building's value.
@@regould221You keep spewing the same sh&^. 2.25 seconds freefall proven by David Chandler that made NIST look like tools. Steel building are not capable of any time of free fall due to fire. Thanks for your input. Next I'll school you on able Danger and Vulgar Betrayal....
dude i literally can't. the reason why building 7 went down the way that it did is because of the part at the top (i think the penthouse if im not mistaken?) that fell through the building to the bottom, which completely wrecked the bottom caused it to collapse from the ground.
I still believe there is something wrong with us as humans, maybe our maker can best explain. This is how people don't care when you are alive but come together to celebrate your corps.😢
This is the most dangerous job. If it failed to launch, do you think it's safe to go and check which connection default? Getting in to a active explosion building is totally not a life guarantee situation.
@@johnleanord4548 audible explosions happening before, you can see the explosives ignite in a chain the whole way up the building and the fact there isn't anything left standing are all the things I would point out as being easily observable as to why this looks different from the WTC. Im sure someone working in construction, demolition etc. could likely give a better explanation as there are a few other very noticeable things that look different.
"Building implosion" is actually the correct technical term. I think it's because the building falls on its own footprint. There's nothing "ex" about it; only "im.""
Note how dust cloud NEVER exceeds height of original strucutre -- EXCEPT on 911 .... where something far far more than simple imposion or collapse happened
Why people are cheering up and applauding? What is so special about destruction of property that once was so valuable and took so much resources to build? History and memory are also destroyed for those who made a living working from inside the tower. It should be a sad day attended with a moment of silence. Anyway, it reminds us of a very dark day. The way the towers went down are very similar.
Tower 7 had an entire corner of the building ripped off when a part of the north tower hit it and then it was left to burn for seven hours, saying this and tower 7 are similar is like saying you can't distinguish between an apple and a shoe.
What took years to build just took seconds to demolish, that’s how trust is broken when a friend betrayed you
This is our NU AmeriKa, nothing means anything & we can build to the sky (same as the folks at Babel). Renovation wouldn't cost much, but they wanted something different
It's been mostly vacant since the late 80s. A couple offices were used until around 2005 or so but it's been mostly empty. Between degradation and hazardous material removal it would have cost more to refurbish the building than the building was worth. Now the land can actually be used for housing and stores.
Great and accurate analogy. Experienced it recently.
Seconds demolish ? How about the time or hour to cleaning the broken concrete cement !
That shows that everyone you call might is nothing before God
A big thought for all those workers who gave time , sweat and blood to build this years ago , now destroyed under applauses
So as to avoid tragedy
They got money right?
They get paid
Where's that ⁉️
@@cynthiagonzalez658 wym
It's interesting to see that people are fascinated about destruction meanwhile no one gave this much attention to it when it was first built.
I might've been in Kindergarten but I remember the excitement when the Martin Towers was built. And I remember being pissed as a little kid because the second tower was never built... and I had already got used to calling it Martin TowerS
Just shows me we are never gonna learn life
Ikr? Plus this isn’t even that big of a explosion. They should have saw the twin towers that one day-
Actually, I lived 15 miles away. People were quite excited. It was the tallest building for miles around and built as much as possible with Bethlehem Steel. I took a school field trip to that building. One thing that stuck was the tour guide showing a research product: they were trying to pull form cans from steel in the same way aluminum cans are made. Time grinds on whether we like it or not.
It's called being a stupid primate. We can't help it.
Wow, those flashes are exactly what you saw on the Twin Towers.
Yes. As they B.S.ed us into believing that planes can cut through 4in steel columns.
Rubbish!
@mariaetheridge8343 you might want to get up with current events, sweetheart. It's finally all coming out.
@@michaelrosspearson9756 lmao get a life
@@michaelrosspearson9756. You might want to get back to reality, conspiracy theorist.
The good ol' days of carrying a briefcase up into that tower, to enjoy a middle class job, pay for a mortgage, a decent car, your kids' education, then collect a decent pension. All seem to have collapsed with that tower.
@NathanBlake-TurboWagonsit was called the American Dream.. gone just like that building. 😢
That's trickle-down economics for you.
A "certain chemical giant" across town put my parents' seven kids through college. Can you imagine someone working forty years at a company today?
@@yossarian6799 must have been a good job he felt fortunate to have. I was going for 40 at the refinery I worked at but only made 35. Body failed. They offered a salary job but I dug my crew and the shift work too much. Your dad was a good man for hanging in there.
The flashes all up and down the corners of the building, the building falling down in its own footprint, the pyroclastic flow--hmmm, strikes a memory.
"...the building falling down in its own footprint..."
*One more time, with feeling...* The Planes, both loaded with most of their fuel, hit the Towers at 440 and 587 miles per hour. The impact vaporized the insulation on the metal members and connections. The ensuing fire, further weakened the metal structures, when the last eventuality occurred. The most powerful natural force on earth, Gravity, takes everything straight down...as it is wont to do...*
*If you insist on looking for Conspiracy, you're going to have to go back to the principle actors. 9/11, was not a controlled demolition!*
Martin Tower in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, was originally the headquarters of now defunct Bethlehem Steel. This demolition occurred at 7:03 AM on 19 May 2019
I thought it looked familiar. I haven't been up that way in a long time
Porque demoliram este prédio?
@@brybryguy6314 At least for 5 years then xD
Just think of all those small metal particles that they are breathing in 🫣
We don't need it anymore since we do not make steel in this country anymore.
This is an illustration of when Jesus said: "It took you 40years to build the temple, but I'll put it down and rebuild it in 3 days."
He was talking about his body though not an actual temple 🤨
@@paulineantoine8433 yeap
Your crazy all of you. Mary was raped by a Roman guard and told Jesus he was the son of this god..He beLIEved it so much he gave his life for it.
Keep evolving, intelligence was not needed in the begining for life to begin..life is a begining with an end that keeps expanding.😂❤🎉
He died in seconds 😂😂😂@@paulineantoine8433
Looks like Tower 7 to me….
no question ABOUT that
Если бы не звук от взрыва
Beat me to it.
That's the 1rst thing that came to mind also.
Beat me to it
Very sad. I worked for Bethlehem Steel from 1985 to 1994. Worked in Martin Tower.
Tell us more.
What made this Tower demolish as I am unaware of this
@@cynthiayee5116 is this real?
@@atranusmmkago9449 yes it is. It was a sad moment for those of us old enough to remember the building being built.
bethlehem steel? hmmmm Free Palestine!
It’s like fireworks but you get to take home a complementary case of lung cancer.
Naw 💀
Damn it man…. Funny but true 😂😂😂😂
There’s got to be a little asbestos floating around in there somewhere.
@@alwayshopeful70 Lil bit of lung diseases in the area 🤣
Oui car il y a dans ces matériaux de l amiante et par le souffle vol des petites particule dans l air
Someone's gonna be a plumber when they grow up.
😂😂I had to see the next comment to understand this!
Can you explain?
Hilarious. Reminds me of an old SNL skit with Dan Aykroyd , Bill Murray and (I think) Gilda Radner in the 70s.
@@durgaclt5204 it was exciting for the child to see this and you need plumbers to make sure the water is shut off, etc....
@@mf5531 shutting off water and this video.. what's the connection?
“Reminds me of that tragedy”
To było masowe morderstwo.
Yup
@@robertkipank6498 by the terrorists
That's nothing to joke about! I walked through blood and guts looking for my brother that day! He was in downtown Vancouver.
@@jasonwebb5964 I miss Norm!
And they stand there breathing that asbestos-filled smoke & dust. With their kids!
Half of the buildings there aren't even made with asbestos
@@Shelllski, but the other half are??? Deadly asbestos breathed in?
Depends. White or blue asbestos? Is there any at all?
@@nicks40, I don't think that the parents had time to conduct a chemical test on the dust before their kids breathed it in.
@@dingledangledingdong2693 Judging by what we can see in the clip, the dust seems not to have reached them.
For once id like to watch a demolition clip without having to see some kids butt crack the whole time.
Wow, I didn't even catch that.
🤨
then just,, look at the demolition clip? no one is making you look at the kid you’re just weird lol
@@Celevie413it was staring at him
That was so cute tho
Stay away from this type of demolition,down here in Australia we had a young girl killed by a piece of flying steel and people were probably the same distance away as you see here.
The news article is on TH-cam
Canberra demolition accident
I remember hearing about that years ago, and there is a video where a large rock shoots past this man's head just missing him. Probably a similar range to this one from memory.
that was a badly-botched demolition and those responsible faced serious criminal charges.
Now everyone inhale big...then in 10 years complain about chest tightness, night sweats, and blood in your sputum.
TWIN TOWER DOCET !
>:>
Notice they were far away from the dust cloud!!!!!;;;;
It doesn't matter as still some humans will still come close to the area after the implosion. @@trance9158
@@trance9158Sure... Like if that powder wouldn't fly for miles...
When Giuliani said that the air was safe in NYC after 9/11, I never believed it.
The smell stuck to everything for almost a year
Hello dear , how are you doing today?
Absolutely no way- but then he was Trumps sidekick and got caught in some iffy stuff as well I think?
A fool says an eagle is a fly and lion a rat.
Trump is the only president who walked into South Korea without escort and visa.
Trump is the only president who caught a bullet and still stood to fight for patriotìc citizens all over the world.
Go take your med and quit watching cnn, msnbc, and liberal democrat propaganda. You will have more peace and life.@@maryl8753
You know how much asbestos was in that building, you get one particle in lungs your fkd
Reminds me far too much of 9/11. I saw the Towers fall and almost 23 years later I’m still traumatized.
They fell in the same exact manner from demolitions explosives.
And that is an indication that the destruction of the new York twin towers was a work from within. The way the twin towers collapsed and imploded is a possibility of there were bombs implanted at the ground level. Otherwise the chemistry, the physics and the civil engineering from the implosive of the twin, is unrealistic and I doubt if it was the two planes, that brought down the twin towers
I still think of that day often. I visited the South tower as a teenager. Still can't believe those are gone
@@SaltAndGracePoetryeach one was hit and destroyed by an airliner
@@gbaker9295Actually, planes cannot bring down a building my friend. That was explosives for certain.
Being from NYC, I Thought I can Watch this without Feeling a type of Way.
I am from North Carolina and immediately thought of 9/11
I thought I could too. I couldn't🇺🇲😔
Gives you a sick feeling
@@TessaRooney4EVER It's one thing to see this planned and perfectly controlled demolition, and a completely different thing to witness the twin towers completely collapse with so many people still inside! Yes, it's sudden, and maybe a little bit frightening. But I for one, wouldn't feel right making that comparison.
That looked like a really nice building. What a waste!
That French idiot president of Stelantis will likely do that to Chrysler headquarters.
The building was long abadonded. And was taking up space for pontetal housing. Theres a reason a demolition was done to this building
Agreed
For this type of building it was relatively beautiful. But be honest: i prefer living in a 1-family house
@gatocorto7758 "Potential housing". More people are what cause pollution and climate change everyone is worried about
Omg ✨ reminding me of a certain day 😳 The similarities are strikingly close 🫨
No, it went differently.
The part above the fire went down after an hour of hot burning fire. Steel just can't withstand such a hot fire for a very long time.
And as the upper part of the building crushed down on the lower part, it crushed the floors one by one as it hit them. The lower part did not sink down from the bottom like in this video here, but from the top down - from that part that did crush down on the lower part. Just use your eyes and brain.
@@richard--s Vigilant Guardian rings a bell. Normally i don't feed the trolls and this time is no different 🦥
@@Normalback nor do I.
yeah, I thought so too.🤨🇺🇲
A controlled demolition? YEP. it fell down like the towers too.
I'm always gonna remember that video with that brick flying across almost pegging those people in the crowd
that was a botched demolition. Those responsible faced criminal charges.
It's getting to the point where I can no longer be sure of whether I'm dreaming or awake when watching this.
Took probably more than a year to build but took seconds to demolish... what a world 😊
It took weeks to plan and set all the charges.
@@mikebronicki8264Twin Towers took years of planning....I guess not letting the people evacuate in time was part of the strategy.....😊
Cheering a demolition??? Humans crack me tf up!
What species are you?
Is the city/state still hiding the results of the dust test results/study?
Wait I know nothing about this can you please explain what you are talking about?
@@itsacircleda They refused to release them. There's a lot of nasty stuff in a implosion dust cloud. 10,000+ cases of cancer from a one time exposure to the dust cloud from the WTC collapse. An EPA researcher Dr. Cate Jenkins made the connection between the respirable silica in the cloud and cancer.
The building was full of asbestos @@itsacircleda
@@itsacircleda 9/11
If my lungs withstood what pumped out of Bethlehem Steel's stacks, they can withstand what came out of a single demolition.
That building could have help so homeless people, if people wasn’t cold hearted
You could have bought it back and done with it whatever you wanted
The building was abandoned for over 10 years and wasn’t safe for anyone to live in
It's actually far cheaper to build new housing than to renovate and remediate those older buildiings. While the Martin Tower was a familiar landmark it wasn't architecturally or historically significant. Abandoned buildings also create a host of problems, namely crime and danger to the public.
I remember seeing this building in the distance on my way to go to the dentist when I was a young kid.
That building would help a lot of homeless people
@jagwa95 - yeah, helped them get into the cemetery faster... Building was full of asbestos, highly carcinogenic. 🙄
If that’s true, then now the whole neighborhood got their share of that asbestos.
Not if it had engineering and maintenance problems.
The homeless are where they have chosen to be.
@@thesaneparty4079 I hate to say it, but I have to agree with you.
Everything in this world is like a sound wave. One minute you’re there next minute you’re not.
I wish me and my son were never a part of this undefinable world 😢
Girl be wise what you wish for especially when God and the universe know you does have behavior be careful what you think and say you always attract what you think of okk
@@Shekienahglory girl??? 😶🌫️
Hello , that’s true.. There is a beautiful song from Bruce Springsteen : one minute you are here , next minute you’re gone.. nice day 🌸
Everybody needs Jesus in their lives
@@timtim4603 we all can almost imagine the world without God.
Sins and destructions controls our perceptions in today’s world. I feel very sad 😢
This was how building 7 went down when the twin- tower went down.
That building was never hit, so at least that one needed explosives to get down.
looked like the same for the towers
Ya'll that know - just laugh, shake your head, and move on. It ain't worth it to have "the Nine-Eleven Talk" with people in the year 2024. The chances they'd even argue in good faith are already slim.
I was just gonna say this. We can't be the only one who thought the same 😊
In case you didn't know, WTC7 collapsed due to the fires that were ignited by debris from the collapse of the North Tower (WTC1). These fires burned for several hours, weakening the building's steel structure. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which conducted an extensive investigation, concluded that the collapse was initiated by the failure of a critical internal column (Column 79) due to thermal expansion caused by the prolonged fires. This failure caused a progressive collapse of the building's internal structure, eventually leading to the entire building collapsing.
@@Crist-42 Yeah, right.
The Martin Tower. The ultimate monument to corporate hubris. Built in the shape of a cross to maximize the number of corner offices.
Is it really hubris when you're the second largest steel manufacturer in the world.
@@ButterfatFarms My Dad spent some time on the links with Bethlehem Steel execs at Saucon Valley over the years. "Hubris" doesn't begin to describe the company's corporate mindset.
@@yossarian6799OK then. 😂
You got to admit building your corporate executive tower with the cross section of a cruciform to maximize both corner office and window office availability was kind of brilliant. :)
If ever there was a time for peak hubris at Bethlehem Steel it was just about the time they were building Martin Tower and moving into it. It was fully occupied by 73 and it was a record year for them, and then again and next exceeding that. And yet by the late eighties the tower would be mostly vacant and get sold off. When they file for bankruptcy in 2001 they were the 25th American Steel maker to do so since 1998. And they would close in 2003 :(
It was a good run considering the company could trace its roots all the way back to 1857 and the success they had reached by the time they were occupying Martin Tower.
The hubris is understandable.
@@yossarian6799 "Martin Tower is historic for all the wrong reasons.
When it was dedicated in 1973, the headquarters of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. -- built with the company's own materials -- was touted as a symbol of the giant corporation's strength, vision and dedication to the region.
But when it is demolished in the coming months, it will be as a symbol of failure, the place where comfortable executives isolated themselves as their decisions sank a once-titanic industry.
In 2010, the 21-story, 332-foot-tall tower, the tallest in the Lehigh Valley, was added to the National Register of Historic Places, but not for any design or architectural significance. The application for the National Park Service's list (which includes interior photos that can be seen below) lambasts decades of upper management that was too impressed with itself and too slow to respond to the changing market.
"Martin Tower reflects (Bethlehem Steel's) corporate culture of extravagance and laissez-faire attitude that flew in the face of a workforce continually being asked to reduce costs in order to make the company more profitable," the nominating form reads. "As corporate executives flourished in their modern skyscraper fit with the finest furnishings including valuable artwork and meals served on silver, profits plummeted, plants were shut down and workers were laid off."
Martin Tower is historic, it turns out, because it is a cautionary tale." - Source: Lehigh Valley Live 2019
Heck of a reason for a building to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
well said. Meawhile, over at Air Products...
A symptom of our throwaway society. We don't renovate or repair, we just tear it down and build another one. Probably the windows were dirty....
Well why didn’t you pony up the 40 million dollars to renovate or repair it? Oh yeah, it’s easier to be a broke loser that just says stuff.
The cost to repair and update it cost more than building a new one ... Common sense FFS
@@trance9158
The people you’re trying to talk to have never owned anything or been responsible for anything.
@@Acemechanicalservices or just very sheltered and naive... The same can be said of the filthy rich who've never known what it's like to be without.
@@trance9158
Too don’t have to be “filthy rich” to not be without.
I’d take this over fireworks anyday
I cried...Why? That's a beautiful building.
@@filamfamtravelI mean like only if it’s for demolition
Those who were born in the tower may have felt quite emotional witnessing it being destroyed.
It was home to Bethlehem Steel. I don't think any babies were born there. But it was a sad moment for those old enough to remember when it was erected.
That's always so sad to me. I don't know why people like this. 😢
For us Lehigh Valley natives, the Martin Tower represented both this area's industrial might in earlier times, and its long and slow descent.
This area was left for dead and in the past two decades we've managed to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and we're actually starting to thrive again. So in a way, seeing the Martin Tower demolished was symbolic of our rebirth.
Yes,the same i think, i dont like this Moment,never i going for watch this Nonsens !
Remember building 7 😢😢😢
True mother fucking story
Remember no explosions
@@regould221remember the 2.25 seconds free fall for building 7? Lmfao
And I'm sure you were close enough to 7 to be factual with your no explosion bs.
@@VETTEDZ06 Nothing significant about a ''freefall'' Did you expect it to float into the air. You need to give up on the ''controlled demolition collapse with no explosions" BS
@@regould221Go back to watching Fox and go back to sleep Sheeple 🐏
LO QUE VALE CONSTRUIR EN AÑOS, LO DESTRUIMOS EN SEGUNDOS. Esa es la esencia del ser humano destructor. Filanfrater-.
Where was this? Thanks.
Why would they demolish a beautiful building?
Who would buy it? There are no large corporations left in the Lehigh Valley. That’s why the PP&L building is the ONLY skyscraper in the area.
It only ever existed to serve one purpose. To be the headquarters of the second largest steel manufacturer in the world. That time has passed, and its purpose with it.
yes I know.. but its all in the name of progress and profit unfortunately
This is such a waste when there are so much homeless they could have used it along with the government to create an affordable living space for people in the area!!! So sight, only care for profit.
@@karackcjj the building was uninhabitable without asbestos remediation, whose cost actually exceeded the building's value. It stood vacant for years and it was better to demolish it before it became a public hazard with squatters and the like.
I saw that happen a few times in Lower Manhattan back in September 2001.
😂😂😂
@@BaikalRaymond That was not funny people died moron
Looks the same.
🎯
1 2 7...
What a nice looking building. Why was it demolished?
cause your mom
It had been vacant for more than 10 years by that time. The original owner of it filed for bankruptcy, other tenants didn't remain for long afterwards for whatever reason.
@@Josh_1312 it's my understanding that the cost of asbestos remediation to make it habitable exceeded the building's value.
That one kid grinning as he secretly mooned us 🗿🍷
😂
He ain't "Mooning" , that right there is a future Plumber !! 😂
Perché?
My asthma said no thank you
Decades ago, I used to find videos like this fascinating. The expertise and organization that went into the execution of a planned implosive demolition was very impressive to me.
Then came 9/11, and the indescribable horror of watching helplessly as the twin towers fell....
Now, I try to avoid screening this type of footage. Such a painful memory...😢🙏
Looks very similar to the towers collapsing 😮
No, it doesn't.
Right.. I know what you're getting to on that 😢
@@timupton8215 yes it does but is reversed .
yep that’s exactly what happened, thousands and thousands of pounds of explosives and demolition equipment were brought into the twin towers and none of the 10,000 people working there noticed 🥴 you solved it
Am i the only one thinking about the twin towers every time i see something like this 😢
💯.. INSIDE JOB
No you are not the only one, I was thinking about it too, but it's always sad to see a building come down period to me. Men worked so hard to build it. It gave people jobs. America is bad about tearing down our history too. I guess I just don't like change. Especially when it's not going to make anything better. They tear down something historical and put up a stupid ole car wash. Now, that's just silly to me. 😢
Me too!! Always!!
Nope. You are not the only one.
Reminds us of world trade center towers collapse.
No it doesn’t all all
It probably does look the same to someone without two brain cells to rub together.
And nicely done too. Congratulations to the demo crew !!!
Why is everyone's grammar atrocious? 😂
Because auto type
A skill that one has to acquire is what good grammer is but it's the ones that don't have it that are seemingly the most prevalent. I myself got it from schools that I went to in higher education and of whom I highly recommend.
@@francoamerican4632 grammar
American school system
Where did the plane hit it?
As soon as they edit it you will see the plane
Perfect😂😂😂
That's not funny.
@@bonniebrown6960 get over it
@@bonniebrown6960 No, it's real. It looks exactly like the towers falling. Yet they want you to believe no explosives were involved? Absolutely not.
Tower: 📉📉📉
Lung Cancer: 📈📈📈
Looks familiar 🤔
NOOOOO WAAAY 'cried the 10k homless in every town & city'
I'm all for housing the homeless.... but not giving them mesothelioma in the process. To legally rezone the building to residential required asbestos remediation that exceeded the building's market value.
Most of the clips I see of people trying to 'help' the homeless are rebuffed with "I don't want help, I want to defecate right here in front of this business". If you want to help them, stop giving them other people's money.
@@thesaneparty4079 GFY
The asbestos had to be removed before demolition.
@@jamesl8928 yeah that's right, they did.
Such a shame 😢😢😢😢
That was an incredible building and they could have made it into affordable senior housing
Look familiar?
What if the target demolition building had been incorrectly earmarked for destruction? 🤔
Building looked new
Each time I see one of these demolitions I immediately think of the amount of CO2 we spent on building them not to mention the further cost of getting rid of what remains in rubble.
Looks very familiar 🤔. Right, a 110 story building just collapsing on itself, by itself.
Yeah, all but itself... just ignore the numerous explosions...
@@negone u know what I mean
@@CryptoChef99 yeah, I know. You mean you are a dumbass who thinks he's smart just by denying reality and giving lessons on matters he knows shit about. You mean it even if you don't realise you do. You don't even understand what the impact of a plane or a sustained fire can do to a building.
Bollocks.
It was also occupied by Union Pacific Rail Road for about 10 years in the 90s
Looks like Junior is gonna be a construction worker.
Why was that building brought down it looked quite modern?
There was simply no demand for that much office space, or even residential space in Allentown. With relatively low real estate costs in this area, the cost of asbestos remediation actually exceeded the building's value.
I just don’t wanna be right outside a demo! TF?!?
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Ok bookie tf good for u
no debris flying. it’s safe
Murica'!
Nobody wants to be by your big forehead tf
One question: where is this?
Hi! This building was in Bethlehem, PA in the Lehigh Valley.
I remember a famous phrase - we will be changed in a twinkling of an eye
It went down just like building seven?!?
Exactly
Он рухнул как любой дом лишившийся опоры, за исключением звука взрывов
Except for the explosions. Otherwise gravity works the same everywhere
@@regould221You keep spewing the same sh&^. 2.25 seconds freefall proven by David Chandler that made NIST look like tools.
Steel building are not capable of any time of free fall due to fire.
Thanks for your input.
Next I'll school you on able Danger and Vulgar Betrayal....
dude i literally can't. the reason why building 7 went down the way that it did is because of the part at the top (i think the penthouse if im not mistaken?) that fell through the building to the bottom, which completely wrecked the bottom caused it to collapse from the ground.
I still believe there is something wrong with us as humans, maybe our maker can best explain. This is how people don't care when you are alive but come together to celebrate your corps.😢
It's a building man chill out
They coulda saved some money by just throwing some jet full on some of the top floors.your welcome
You're*
@@medicinemanvidsDid that make you feel superior?
@@lauramurray6690 Nope
😂
Bullshit.
This is the most dangerous job. If it failed to launch, do you think it's safe to go and check which connection default? Getting in to a active explosion building is totally not a life guarantee situation.
Wait just a minute here. 🤔 I've seen this before. About 23 years ago. 🤔
Oh you were at a controlled demolition 23 years ago? How cool! Do you work in contruction or something of the sorts 🤔
ME TOO IN NEW YORK 😮
And then you just breathed in a bunch of toxic material from an old building
Looks like how the World Trade Center Towers went down on 911.
Not at all
not at all bro????
@@sebastianfischer2082how doesn’t it?
@@Umbrella-dp4ht2how doesn’t it?
@@johnleanord4548 audible explosions happening before, you can see the explosives ignite in a chain the whole way up the building and the fact there isn't anything left standing are all the things I would point out as being easily observable as to why this looks different from the WTC. Im sure someone working in construction, demolition etc. could likely give a better explanation as there are a few other very noticeable things that look different.
At the end of the day , vanity still remains vanity,an asset so huge built over time destroyed in seconds
George w Bush , the demolition man
Saying that’s an implosion is the stupidest thing ever. It was a series of explosions that brought down a building.
Implosion WTF?
Yes, it's not a titan submersible 😊
The building collapsed in on itself, therefore implosion.
"Building implosion" is actually the correct technical term. I think it's because the building falls on its own footprint. There's nothing "ex" about it; only "im.""
@@generessler6282
The ex is what made it fall down. 🤷♂️
Looks a lot like these 2 buildings in New York in the early 2000's . Freefall speed just like this one . .
7/11 was a part time job
@@ericgrigorof1509 u had a part time job at 7/11?? Lmao
@@steve210sait was after 8/11 💀
They didn’t fall at free fall… the debris hit the ground before the top floors… are you saying the debris fell faster than free fall…
4th grade me looking at the Towers falling in a straight line like the building in this video. 💀
Perfect example ( but reversed) of the event that occurred in New y0rk
Stay away from this kind of demolitions so dangerous
This isn’t even an implosion 🥱
It collapsed in on itself, didn't it?
Human intelligence. It amazes me how a building that took years to build can be destroyed within a blink of an eye
A very good demonstration that what takes to build in years can be destroyed in seconds.
Note how dust cloud NEVER exceeds height of original strucutre -- EXCEPT on 911 .... where something far far more than simple imposion or collapse happened
I gradually witnessed that kid on the man's shoulders turn into a plumber as he watched the cardboard structure fall.
4th grade me looking at the Towers again xD
How many months it take to build it how many second it take to finish it ... lesson of the day easy to mess it up than fix it
Fixing it would've cost more than constructing a new building.
This was made in World traid center in 2001
T r a d e
Smartest conspiracy theorist
@@stevejoshua9536 Google
Why did this have to come down?? just curious.
Yeah anyone get reminded of something looking at this
Made me remind of the twin towers.
And building 7.
😢
Yeah twin towers planes were American Airlines flight 11
And
United airlines flight 175
@@YaBoyFlaky5663 You can't still believe that right? You're joking. Planes? Buddy. No.
@@cameronalderson2466 and United 93 and American 77
@@cameronalderson2466eah we are normal people not dumbass conspiracy theorists
@@cameronalderson2466💀
That's how fast people break marriages nowadays
After traveling to Muslim countries I have realized that Muslims are wonderful people and friendly people 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Why people are cheering up and applauding? What is so special about destruction of property that once was so valuable and took so much resources to build? History and memory are also destroyed for those who made a living working from inside the tower. It should be a sad day attended with a moment of silence. Anyway, it reminds us of a very dark day. The way the towers went down are very similar.
Tower 7? Oh wait, just similar
Tower 7 dropped a lot smoother than that....
Not even remotely similar. In fact this devolution is proof that the tin foil hats are wrong
I saw nor heard anything similar! Might want to watch again
Tower 7? It wasn’t even a tower
Tower 7 had an entire corner of the building ripped off when a part of the north tower hit it and then it was left to burn for seven hours, saying this and tower 7 are similar is like saying you can't distinguish between an apple and a shoe.
Did they forget to photo shop the planes?
Every single thing takes many days to constructed, but a second to destroy.
This is explosion, not implosion
No it’s a implosion you see it collapsed on its self if it was a explosion it would throw debris outwards
explosions which caused the implosion
@@jacobfernandez6055 bingo
Build a Tower in Years... Destroy in 1 minute..
Dhat's saddening! I won't be happy seeing it go down.
Well, different strokes for Different Folks..