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Award-winning building falls as thousands watch

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Award-winning building falls as thousands watch

• By Matt Williams Staff Writer
• May 23, 2005
• May 23, 2005 Updated Jan 26, 2015
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David Griffin Jr., Vice President of D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co., Inc. celebrates with is fists in the air, (center) among family and friends, as they stand before the wreckage minutes after his company implodes the Burlington Building in Greensboro Monday morning, May 23, 2005. Staff Photo/Kelly Pace

• KELLY PACE (Staff)

Explosions shook the area as demolition experts imploded the old Burlington Industries Building in Greensboro Monday morning. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann 5/23/2005)

• H. Scott Hoffmann News-Record

The Burlington Building lies in a twisted heap just moments after implosion Monday morning, May 23, 2005. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

• KELLY PACE (Staff)

The Burlington Building, about 2 hours before demolition Monday morning, May 23, 2005. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

• KELLY PACE (Staff)

Second in a series of taken from the roof of the Grande Theatre Monday May 23, 2005. The camera was triggered from the parking lot with a radio-controlled remote unit. It fired at a rate of 8 frames per second. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

• KELLY PACE (Staff)

Among a crowd of several hundred at Hobbs Rd. and W. Friendly Ave., Terry McArthur, left, Erika Johnston, center, and Michael Perkins, all of Greensboro, react to the dramatic implosion of the Burlington Industries building Monday May 23, 2005. (News & Record/Rob Brown)

• ROB BROWN

Fred Snider, Greensboro, waits behind the caution tape at the perimeter of the Grande Theatre parking lot in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Burlington Building Implosion, Monday morning May 23, 2005. Snider, an engineer, has lived in Greensboro for 30 years and has recently watched the gradual demolition of the building up to the morning of the implosion. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

• KELLY PACE (Staff)

These four spectators took to the trees for a view as demolition experts imploded the old Burlington Industries Building in Greensboro Monday morning. (L-R) Leo Reitzel, Jared Bailey, Maranda McGeary and Josh Clayton (top). (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann 5/23/2005)

• H. Scott Hoffmann News-Record

Fred Snider, Greensboro, waits behind the caution tape at the perimeter of the Grande Theatre parking lot in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Burlington Building Implosion, Monday morning May 23, 2005. Snider, an engineer, has lived in Greensboro for 30 years and has recently watched the gradual demolition of the building up to the morning of the implosion. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

• KELLY PACE (Staff)

The crowd cheers and claps in celebration after the successful demolition of Burlington Industries building in Greensboro Monday morning, May 23, 2005. A large group of spectators gathered across the Harris Teeter in the Sear parking deck to watch the unusual spectacle. Photo by Lynn Hey

• LYNN HEY

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By Matt Williams Staff Writer

GREENSBORO — The winners and losers stood out Monday after 200 pounds of synchronized explosives collapsed the headquarters of once-mighty Burlington Industries on West Friendly Avenue.

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David Griffin Jr., Vice President of D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co., Inc. celebrates with is fists in the air, (center) among family and friends, as they stand before the wreckage minutes after his company implodes the Burlington Building in Greensboro Monday morning, May 23, 2005. Staff Photo/Kelly Pace

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Explosions shook the area as demolition experts imploded the old Burlington Industries Building in Greensboro Monday morning. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann 5/23/2005)

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The Burlington Building lies in a twisted heap just moments after implosion Monday morning, May 23, 2005. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

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The Burlington Building, about 2 hours before demolition Monday morning, May 23, 2005. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

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Second in a series of taken from the roof of the Grande Theatre Monday May 23, 2005. The camera was triggered from the parking lot with a radio-controlled remote unit. It fired at a rate of 8 frames per second. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

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Among a crowd of several hundred at Hobbs Rd. and W. Friendly Ave., Terry McArthur, left, Erika Johnston, center, and Michael Perkins, all of Greensboro, react to the dramatic implosion of the Burlington Industries building Monday May 23, 2005. (News & Record/Rob Brown)

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Fred Snider, Greensboro, waits behind the caution tape at the perimeter of the Grande Theatre parking lot in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Burlington Building Implosion, Monday morning May 23, 2005. Snider, an engineer, has lived in Greensboro for 30 years and has recently watched the gradual demolition of the building up to the morning of the implosion. (Staff Photo/Kelly Pace)

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These four spectators took to the trees for a view as demolition experts imploded the old Burlington Industries Building in Greensboro Monday morning. (L-R) Leo Reitzel, Jared Bailey, Maranda McGeary and Josh Clayton (top). (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann 5/23/2005)

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The crowd cheers and claps in celebration after the successful demolition of Burlington Industries building in Greensboro Monday morning, May 23, 2005. A large group of spectators gathered across the Harris Teeter in the Sear parking deck to watch the unusual spectacle. Photo by Lynn Hey

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