South Padre’s “leaning tower” to be demolished…
Controlled Demolition Inc. has won the contract to demolish the “Leaning Tower of South Padre”
The company that imploded the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, the Seattle Kingdome and the RCA Dome in Indianapolis has been hired to demolish Ocean Tower, an unfinished condominium tower that has been sinking into the sands of South Padre Island, just off the tropical tip of Texas.
The 31-storey building, since dubbed the “Leaning Tower of Padre,” is now the subject of a $125 million lawsuit against Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc. of San Antonio and Datum Engineering of Austin.
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Posted: September 22nd, 2009 under General.