I think they all saw the condition of the road and parking lot behind the mall and assumed the slag was to blame instead of a decade of salt, freezing temperatures, and neglect. This is one of the most solid pieces of ground in the area, and the mall had very little in the way of structural issues (all I saw was a crack in the interior ramp due to Sears shifting slightly). I think it’s a wonder that the parking deck never collapsed given how thin the surface of it was. That was barely 5-inch thick concrete with only a few strands of rebar holding it together (spanning 20 feet in places), and it had over half a million pounds of cars parked on it throughout most of the 80’s. If the ground was unstable, this deck wouldn’t have survived seeing how it was built.
That parking deck would have fallen into a sinkhole fully intact before the structure itself collapsed. It looked like garbage, but that type of construction is very durable. Especially with the last years of it not having any cars up there
I know this probably won't happen, but what if some company with very good maintenance choices bought all the bricks and beams that once held up Century 3 Mall and rebuilt it somewhere else and brought back people's childhood memories? Like I said, this probably won't happen.
It would probably be impossible cause the structural beams would probably be bent and damaged but even if it was it would probably take like 30 years and depending on where it is it might not do success
They originally said around two years. So far, we are 8 months in and they’ve erased the massive parking deck and 90% of JC Penney, as well as more than half of the interior of the mall and remaining anchor stores.
It looks like the boards on the 2nd floor for Sears were destroyed, or removed carefully.
Do you think they will sell that JCPenney sign that's still laying against the mall, or do you think it will be destroyed with the mall?
They're actually selling beams, interesting. I guess everyone kind of overestimated the amount of structural unbalance inside the building
I think they all saw the condition of the road and parking lot behind the mall and assumed the slag was to blame instead of a decade of salt, freezing temperatures, and neglect. This is one of the most solid pieces of ground in the area, and the mall had very little in the way of structural issues (all I saw was a crack in the interior ramp due to Sears shifting slightly).
I think it’s a wonder that the parking deck never collapsed given how thin the surface of it was. That was barely 5-inch thick concrete with only a few strands of rebar holding it together (spanning 20 feet in places), and it had over half a million pounds of cars parked on it throughout most of the 80’s. If the ground was unstable, this deck wouldn’t have survived seeing how it was built.
That parking deck would have fallen into a sinkhole fully intact before the structure itself collapsed. It looked like garbage, but that type of construction is very durable. Especially with the last years of it not having any cars up there
I wonder how much those beams are going for?
I know this probably won't happen, but what if some company with very good maintenance choices bought all the bricks and beams that once held up Century 3 Mall and rebuilt it somewhere else and brought back people's childhood memories? Like I said, this probably won't happen.
It would probably be impossible cause the structural beams would probably be bent and damaged but even if it was it would probably take like 30 years and depending on where it is it might not do success
What do you think they will demolish next after jcpenney?
Do you mean what anchor store will be next after JCPenney?
I’m figuring that they will continue onto the mall and work their way towards Sears and Wards.
@@GabetheSlacker like what part of the mall
@@jaxonlizotte5579 The center court will be next to be demolished after JCPenney.
HOW MANY YEARS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AT HAND ?
They originally said around two years. So far, we are 8 months in and they’ve erased the massive parking deck and 90% of JC Penney, as well as more than half of the interior of the mall and remaining anchor stores.