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The Hudson's Building moments before implosion. How could the city even think of imploding this landmark??
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Hudson's implodes and is now erased from existence, but not from our memories. (Thanks to Sherie Schjolin for these first 3 pictures)
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Hudson's Imploded. All that remains for a while is a HUGE dust cloud.
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The Hudson's Rubble - the ugly aftermath of a once great city reduced to ashes.
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It cost $15 million to implode the landmark department store, and what do you get? The Hudson's Hole, soon to be a parking complex. There was already a 2500 space parking lot in the Hudson's basement. The new structure will have 3000 spaces - do the math!! At least they re-used Hudson's rock solid foundation.
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The Hudson's Hole (shot through a car window).
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Wouldn't life be great if they did not demolish the Hudson's Building? Think of the possibilities: The place was freaking HUGE enough for Parking, Retail, Lofts, all 3 Casinos, and more!! All they should have done was paint some art work on the building, like the Broderick Tower. The media would not have noticed!
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The Hudsons store could have been re-used, like they're doing with the former Hudson's Warehouse. It will become part of the new football stadium called 'Ford Field'.
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Well, maybe it was a good idea, but look how badly gutted the old warehouse is! Why did they even bother!
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Hudson's Warehouse starts to take shape as part of the new football field.
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A final shot of Hudson's Warehouse.
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An old pic of Hudson's, Kern and Crowley Block. Most of these buildings no longer exist.
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A nice shot from the city archives.
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The largest American Flag ever made once adorned the Hudsons Building. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1976. This picture gives one an impression of the sheer enormity of the building.
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A nice postcard scan of the C-Mart area before the huge monolith Hudsons store encompassed the entire block.
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A nice postcard scan in memory of J.L. Hudsons.
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