Implosion drops Macy’s store in downtown Houston.
The old Macy’s building on Main Street was reduced to rubble this morning in downtown Houston.
The implosion was scheduled for 7:20am. It began late, but the building went down in a cloud of dust within seconds.
Fire officials encourage Houstonians to stay away from the site at Main and Dallas this morning. Blocks surrounding the building remain closed. METRO rail and bus service has also been altered to take the implosion into account, so patrons are asked to remain patient and allow for extra travel time.
The 10-story building, which originally opened as a Foley’s department store in 1947, came down as planned — cleanly, without scattering debris. There were some fires at the site, but Houston Fire Department officials tells us they were not a problem.
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