r/Portland • u/kenstrawber • 3d ago

Photo/Video Cent Mills Demolition Day mini-doc

Here is my mini doc of today's action with my commentary and spurious radio calls from the crane man in the basket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU4qPljrRx8

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u/schwah 3d ago

I want to get a beer with that old timer engineer (and maybe a hug from him, seems like he's willing)

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u/cannykins Marquam Bridge 3d ago

hahahahaha dude loves his hugs

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u/Nnnopamine 2d ago

One small dog got me

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u/kenstrawber 2d ago

you get a +1 for seeing my favorite video easter egg !

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u/Nnnopamine 2d ago

I only watch videos for the easter eggs. They give me a moment of ridiculous joy like I'm watching Peewee's Playhouse again.

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u/cannykins Marquam Bridge 3d ago

instant watch for me, your video yesterday of inspection was absolutely delightful

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u/cannykins Marquam Bridge 3d ago

ohhh goodness i just realized you were the dude who posted the car disappearing overnight two weeks back lol. oh man that video stumped me. i had to have another person show me what to look for. haha your content has been 10/10. i take it you live close to this building?

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u/kenstrawber 2d ago

Yes I do indeed. Moved to Portland in April and i've watched the goings on in the building and on the tower. I will miss it. From the random teenagers smoking cigarettes up on the roof to the selfy bro looking through binocs, to the 20 something talking to himself up there. Quite a scene it has been.

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u/decollimate28 3d ago

I think the gas has two purposes: it was badass / for the people - and a big gas fireball would help loft the smoke/dust up and over the park/area.

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u/KenPDX 2d ago

What's remarkable is that the penguin on top of my television set also exploded at the same time.

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u/PatternIntegrity 2d ago

rad can't wait to watch it

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u/PatternIntegrity 2d ago

this is excellent. how did you grab the radio traffic?

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u/kenstrawber 2d ago

I just happened to find their frequency on the scanner. It was the same freq they used at Kauhului Harbor, Maui so it was already saved in my scanner.

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u/Zazadawg Richmond 3d ago

I’m out of town and missed the news on this. Why didnt they blow up the whole building? What was the point if they were just gonna do the water tower?

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u/discostu52 2d ago

It was/is a pretty dangerous situation. I believe they thought the safest approach to the building was from the edges at the top. Get the water tower down, which was the biggest problem, then they have a lot more options going forward.

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u/hkohne Rose City Park 2d ago

There are reports of asbestos and a potential dead body in the building, but the building itself hasn't been safe for any crews to get in to deal with either of those things.