Re: [IRCA] WOR Tower site not demolished

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Craig Healy wrote:
>>> At the last second - police stop WOR from demolishing its
>>> three old towers along the New Jersey turnpike. Their reason?
>>> Security concerns.
>> Hadn't all the issues been worked out previously?
> 
> I guess everyone thought so.  I can't for the life of me figure how a
> security concern would stop someone from legitimately blowing up some
> towers.  I mean...  What worse could they do?  Sheesh..
> 
> I suspect Scott F. was on the scene and will have the whole story..

However did you guess? :-)

Yes, I was there - and am now back home for just a few hours before 
heading off to the convention in the morning.

The story is long, complicated, and will be in next Monday's NERW at 
fybush.com <ggg>, but in a nutshell, the developer that's taking WOR's 
old site was apparently responsible for getting all the necessary 
permits and notifying the authorities, and somewhere along the line the 
local police chief wasn't properly informed.

The chief was legitimately concerned that drivers on the Turnpike (which 
runs right next to the site) would be alarmed, particularly right after 
the 9/11 anniversary, to see three 700-foot towers come tumbling down, 
and he said the appropriate authorities hadn't been notified so that 
they could deal with panicked drivers. He has a point there.

I suspect - and this is just a guess - that when the towers are finally 
brought down, it'll be early on a weekend morning and they'll shut down 
the west spur of the Turnpike when they do it.

Oh, and PS - the plan ended up not involving any explosives. They were 
going to tighten the guy wires on two sides of the towers to max 
tension, then cut the wires on the third sides to bring the sticks down. 
Would have been a heck of a thing to see...wish they'd have figured this 
out BEFORE I spent $$$ on a plane ticket and all that time flying down 
and back!

s
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