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#23631 Demolition of the Landmark Tower (380 ft., 420 with clock)
Posted by AlexIndia - JE Parris on 23 March 2006 - 11:49 PM in Fort Worth Architecture
XTO I feel is taking up the rains of our past leaders. Yes, they tore down a tower and it will be a parking lot. The CNB had to come down for many reasons already stated. The fact that we make 7th and Houston a parking lot for a decade should not raise any ridicule. It is the conservative way of business. Stetsons, black ties and old money run this city. It is a slow methodical way of doing business. We want to make certain that when we draw and fire, our aim is perfect. We shoot to kill. It should also be noted that in 1944 we demolished the (at one time) tallest building in Fort Worth. It was located at 7th and Houston on the same plot of land that the CNB sat. The Board of Trade building was demolished and for 7 years it was a parking lot. The CNB tore it down, intending to replace it one day with a grand building. Ironically during this time the CNB was located in the Waggoner Building. If XTO builds a monumental tower then they will be repeating the path of the Continental National Bank. The reason Fort Worth has maintained it’s razor’s edge position in the US is because we have kept our growth in check. Yes we are boastful cowboys and oilmen, but we have no intention of jumping too fast. We tend to follow our own lead.
#23407 Demolition of the Landmark Tower (380 ft., 420 with clock)
Posted by AlexIndia - JE Parris on 20 March 2006 - 10:29 PM in Fort Worth Architecture
#23334 Demolition of the Landmark Tower (380 ft., 420 with clock)
Posted by AlexIndia - JE Parris on 20 March 2006 - 01:29 AM in Fort Worth Architecture
#22920 Demolition of the Landmark Tower (380 ft., 420 with clock)
Posted by AlexIndia - JE Parris on 12 March 2006 - 01:38 AM in Fort Worth Architecture
#22827 Demolition of the Landmark Tower (380 ft., 420 with clock)
Posted by AlexIndia - JE Parris on 09 March 2006 - 05:27 PM in Fort Worth Architecture
Greetings Joseph Edgar Parris, and welcome to the forum.
Ok.. I will admit I am not timid and please take this kindly as we do not want to intrude... but
Any chance of a few of us poor forum members joining one of your crews locations ? We are strictly NOT commercial.... and any imaging would probably not go outside this forum area.
I had to ask.. as other forum members are probably thinking the same question.
Thank you in advance.
Dave still at 360Texas.com
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth 817.346.4384
That is a good question. We have 7 high end commercial cameras and a few more that are consumer grade (used for black and white and effect shots) The producers and I are going over some of the logistics tonight of camera position and who will be where. Some camera experiance would be required I am sure. beyond that we might need some help. I will know more after tommarow. In the morning we are meeting with fire and policeI will let you know. Never hurts to ask. The Fire and Police are doing a great job on the implosion and realy exemplifies the difference between our city and others. The Police and Fire have had a great relationship with the folks at XTO and the MidWest Company. The implosion will go smooth. XTO has worked real hard to make the place safe and protect the properties around it.
#22805 Demolition of the Landmark Tower (380 ft., 420 with clock)
Posted by AlexIndia - JE Parris on 09 March 2006 - 01:12 PM in Fort Worth Architecture
It's been said this is the largest building to be imploded in Texas. Has any other office building as tall or taller than the Landmark been imploded anywhere else in the U.S.?
Also, with the Landmark being imploded, you would think a film crew would be on hand to tape this event for stock footage in some future action movie. Something like this implosion doesn't happen everyday, has word spread to Hollywood?
My name is Joseph Edgar Parris and I have been working for the past year doing research on the CNB, (I know is is Landmark Tower but being born in Fort Worth it has always been the CNB to me) Lone Star Film is one one my clients and they are doing a 30 minute documentary film on the CNB, it's birth life and the implosion. This film will be submited to PBS and divisions of the History Channel. We plan for it to be finished by the late Summer / Fall of this year. I have been doing allot of the networking and preproduction work since Feb of last year. We began working on the CNB by accident. We began doing research on the "7th Street gang and Amon Carter" but found that it was a much larger bite and will require allot more research and time. The CNB project came out of that however. I have not read this entire forum, but plan to. We have cameras planted on several buildings and some distence shots. We will do interviews in the coming weeks after it comes down. I spoke with Densmore a few minutes ago and he will be in the film. The hard date is confirmed for the 18th of March.
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