Denver Judicial Building Implosion VIDEO

The 33-year-old Denver Judicial Building saw it's last day Sunday after a Maryland-based company, Construction Demolition Inc., used 40 pounds of explosives to topple the complex. Onlookers woke early Sunday morning to catch a glimpse of the spectacle, which--crews admit--was even louder than expected.

Construction has already begun on the building's $258 million replacement, which is expected to be completed by the Spring of 2013.

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[chaapai]

03:59 AM on 08/17/2010

it's like a metaphor for what's happening with our judicial system and our constitutional rights in this country. In a blink of an eye... they crumble and or disappear in a cloud of smoke and dust.

[DenverLofts]

06:55 PM on 08/16/2010

I was there and it was REALLY LOUD

[bzb]

06:36 PM on 08/16/2010

Ha and I bet this was also funded with stimulus money.

[pogo]

01:43 PM on 08/16/2010

Al Qaeda has just posted a message on their website claiming responsibility for the blast, and warning that American judicial buildings everywhere will be destroyed.

[oldfuzz]

01:37 PM on 08/16/2010

Is this the result of the Prop 8 appeak?

[joeblow]

12:28 PM on 08/16/2010

It's a sad day when a structure like that has to come down......


....and Douglas Bruce isn't inside.

[cedy]

01:41 PM on 08/16/2010

Ha!

[cedy]

11:46 AM on 08/16/2010

ahh, cool, I go past it all the time, but wasn't there when this happened.