Implosion aftermath: Flying metal shatters Blackstone Building windows

The old City Hall Annex building on East Bay Street was imploded Sunday morning.

  • By Max Marbut
  • | 4:33 p.m. January 21, 2019
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Windows were broken at the Blackstone Building at 233 E. Bay St. Sunday morning when the old City Hall across the street was imploded.
Windows were broken at the Blackstone Building at 233 E. Bay St. Sunday morning when the old City Hall across the street was imploded.
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The impact of the implosion of the old City Hall on Sunday morning was felt across East Bay Street when several windows were broken on the south side of the Blackstone Building.

The sidewalk in front of the building will remain closed to pedestrians for safety reasons until the windows are replaced, said building manager Larry Brake.

A crew from Lee & Cates Glass was seen inspecting the building soon after the implosion, but there’s no timeline for window replacement, Brake said.

The glass was custom-manufactured for the building and not readily available.

he broken windows will be covered with plywood until custom glass replacements can be fabricated and installed.
he broken windows will be covered with plywood until custom glass replacements can be fabricated and installed.

Until the windows are repaired, the Bay Street entrance to the 11-story building will be closed and people who work there and visitors will enter through the parking garage on the second through fifth floors.

Two windows in the Hugh Cotney P.A. law firm on the ninth floor facing the implosion site were broken by debris that blew off the building when the explosives were detonated to take down the former City Hall.

“It wasn’t the sound wave. There were several pieces of metal in the office,” Brake said.

Newnan Street between Bay Street and Independent Drive was closed Monday for demolition of the remaining sections of the old City Hall and removal of debris from the implosion.
Newnan Street between Bay Street and Independent Drive was closed Monday for demolition of the remaining sections of the old City Hall and removal of debris from the implosion.

The building was unoccupied beginning Saturday and few tenants were in the structure Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.

The building’s owners have been working since Sunday with Environmental Holdings Group LLC, the demolition contractor, to repair the damage to the interior and the windows, Brake said.

 

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