For obvious reasons, the City of Sioux Falls did not take us up on our offer to have Xander take care of the botched tower demolition. They finally started whacking at the building with a wrecking ball over the weekend. I saw some footage on the news last night that showed how small the ball is in comparison to the job. We're kind of used to the imagery of a wrecking ball taking out huge chunks of building that are simply unable to resist the force of such a powerful object. This ball looked a little pathetic in its feeble attempts to knock into the wall of what used to be the tallest building in South Dakota.
I was able to check out some of the work about noon today and they are making a bit of progress. They have started in on the south wall at the top it looks like they've knocked a fair chunk of wall from the top of that side of the building. From the west you are able to see how far into the building they've managed to knock in. I'm not sure how long it will take the whole thing to come down at this rate, but it will take a little time at this rate.
Ironically, the crane they brought in to knock the tower down now stands as the tallest structure in South Dakota (just kidding).
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