Emanuel in Transition

January 22-24, 2000-- Click any thumbnail for an enlargement
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January 22, 2000: A Last Look at the Old Southwark
back view of Emanuel
Emanuel flanked by old towers, seen from Third Street
back view of emanuel
Emanuel from Third Street -- the old and the new
emanuel wigh geofabric
Emanuel partially wrapped with geofabric to protect windows
Channel 10 interview
Pastor and Susan Eaddy interviewed by Channel 10
Eaddy and Pratt
Pastor Eaddy and project director Milton Pratt
wrapping Emanuel
Workmen attaching fabric to front wall
wrapping emanuel
Fabric unrolling on front wall
emanuel in shadow
The doomed tower casts a shadow on the wrapped church
   
January 23, 2000: Implosion
meltdown at Southwark
The towers begin to collapse...
Southwark hits bottom
...and within a second have hit the ground...
dust cloud
...causing a huge cloud of dust to rise...

...which appears about to engulf Emanuel..

...but which is blown away to the south.

Views from the east. Click on any of the seven images to view an enlargement, or choose this larger version of the photo series.
="0000cc">January 24, 2000: New Beginning
Emanuel from the sourth
Emanuel as seen from the park across Washington Avenue
rubble
A mound of rubble is all that remains of Southwark Towers
rebuilding
Just one day after the implosion, work begins again on new townhomes
 

     
       
       

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