Hotel Demolished

The Grand Plaza Hotel on Canal Street was imploded this morning. It was a 17 story building and had been sitting empty and had been falling apart since Katrina so it was time to come down. Chance and I drove up to the other side of the Quarter then walked as close as we could get with a good view of part of the building. It's hard to hear it in the video but the rumbling started a few seconds before we could see any movement in the building. Then in just a few more seconds there was no longer a building at all. We were pretty far away when you look at the video but it was still a really cool thing to see.