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Nothing Like A Good Demolition

By Noel | November 2, 2005 | 13 Comments

In today’s local paper…

The tallest building in South Dakota will come tumbling to the ground amid great fanfare on Dec. 3 [at 1:00 p.m.], and the owners of the property plan to use the event to raise money for the fight against multiple sclerosis.

The old Zip Feed Mills tower is being demolished to make room for a $15 million office and retail development and possibly a new events center.

This is going to be a family event for me.

By Noel | November 2, 2005

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  1. Comment by Dave, November 2, 2005 5:24 pm

    That will be a sight! I’ve always been a little disappointed that the Zip building didn’t make the list on SkyscraperPage.com; they list only the Qwest and Security Bank buildings in Sioux Falls. Now I guess it’ll be a legitimate omission.

  2. Comment by Joe, November 2, 2005 10:21 pm

    Keep in mind, the Qwest and Security Bank buildings can only scrape the sky on days when it’s particularly low.

  3. Comment by Noel, November 4, 2005 8:06 am

    If you want to buy a raffle ticket to be the one to down the Zip Feed Mill go to http://www.blowzipup.com.

  4. Comment by Noel, December 1, 2005 10:45 am

    The day is quickly approaching.

    It looks like http://www.blowzipup.com does have a webcam fired up so you all can watch.

  5. Comment by Joe, December 1, 2005 1:38 pm

    For Sioux Falls residents, UTV (the UPN station) will be airing the demolition live, in case you can’t make it down.

  6. Comment by Noel, December 3, 2005 2:29 pm

    Well, they blew it up, but it didn’t come down. Just a tad disappointing.

  7. Comment by brady, December 3, 2005 4:15 pm

    the leaning mill of Zip

  8. Comment by Nathan, December 6, 2005 4:32 pm

    Only Sioux Falls idiots can unsuccessfully demolish a building. The contractor for the demolition said that this was the easiest demolition possible….AND THEY FAILD. What morons.

  9. Comment by Anonymous, December 6, 2005 5:18 pm

    AND THEY FAILD.

    With such a high opinion of Sioux Falls, we wonder where Nathan hails from. Sioux City perhaps?

  10. Comment by Deane, December 6, 2005 6:45 pm

    Only Sioux Falls idiots can unsuccessfully demolish a building.

    Hate to break this to you, my illiterate friend, but the demolition company was a national outfit hired to come in and do the job.

  11. Comment by dz, December 6, 2005 7:11 pm

    Nathan

  12. Comment by Noel, December 7, 2005 8:51 am

    The plot thickens. Apparently this isn’t the first time the demolition contractor involved on this project has had some difficulty.

  13. Comment by Patrick, December 7, 2005 2:27 pm

    Nathan said, “Only Sioux Falls idiots can unsuccessfully demolish a building.”

    Only an idiot would make such a statement before first checking the facts. Had Nathan used his head before his fingers, he would have quickly learned that the company hired to demolish the Zip tower was from Oklahoma.

    http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20051207/NEWS/512070340/1001