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The Hotel
Rochester as it stood seconds before the implosion at 8:00
AM. |
| The beginning
of the end, as the second wave of blasts go off. |
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By mid-collapse,
the remains of the hotel are already beginning to be
obscured by dust and debris... |
| ... which
billow forth in all directions throughout downtown
Rochester... |
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... until the
whole area is shrouded in a thick blanket of dust. |
| Later that
afternoon, once the dust had settled and the streets were
made passable, I took these pictures of the remains of
the hotel. This one from approximately the same vantage
point as the previous series... |
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...and this one
a little closer to the site. Road Scholars take note of
the bright orange sign assembly in the middle. |
| Here's a closer
view. Of course, it's our favorite little vest-pocket
expressway, the Inner Loop. Plymouth Avenue (the
street in the pictures above) parallels a good chunk of
the I-490 part of the Inner Loop, and thus is often used
as a detour route. |
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To the great
relief of all concerned, the nearby historic buildings,
St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Church and (behind it in
this picture) the Pioneer School, came through apparently
unscathed. |