DENVER - It's not every day that you see an entire building literally crumble to the ground.
A building at the old University Hospital was demolished Saturday to make way for a redevelopment project.
A quick series of about 170 small detonations rocked the building over a period of about 30 seconds, followed by a cloud of dust.
And it looked pretty cool. That's why practically everyone who came to see the implosion brought a camera.
"That's where the emotion is. You know, it was a workplace and I enjoyed working there, but my daughter being born there, that's what was important here," said Jason Booe who came to the barricade with his daughter.
Suzanne Brauer, a former nursing student at this campus also stopped by to see the implosion. "To me it is sad. Because my youth just disappeared!" She says she wishes she could have walked through the campus' well known tunnels one more time.
So if you missed it Saturday, don't worry. You can still watch the implosion – from a lot of different angles.
First up is the standard view, a shot of the building with a construction site on the foreground. It's the shot that looks like it belongs in a movie.
Then there are the first-person angle. This way, you can get a close-up view over the heads of the people watching, like you're actually there.
A GoPro could be placed closer to the building, as it can take the abuse of the falling rubble and dust cloud. You can even see some of the small detonations shatter some of the windows before the building falls.
There are also angles from above and afar. Something about the wide view gives you a feeling of omniscience.
And who could forget the nifty time lapse? It's the thrill of the implosion and the dust cloud without all that pesky waiting.
The reverse shot is great because it looks like a dust cloud just floated in and constructed a building out of a pile of rubble.
The former Biomedical Research Building will become part of a 26-acre redevelopment project. The area will become a mixed-use development with residences, offices, retail, restaurants, a hotel and a public space.
(© 2015 KUSA)
