J.L. Hudson Department Store Implosion
of the commercial implosion industry (see ENR cover story October 1972). Hudsons was bordered on four sides by streets filled with critical infrastructure and flanked on 3 sides by poorly maintained, turn-of-the-century structures with huge sand-cast glass windows that occasionally broke in high winds. Lastly, Detroits elevated "People Mover" paralleled the east face of the 439 ft. tall structure just 15 ft away. Mark Loizeaux, President of CDI, called Hudsons the greatest dynamic ...
