Both 14th Street and Lawrence Street are closed today to allow for the disassembly of the tower crane at 1401 Lawrence, the 22-story office building that recently topped out. A new crawler crane doing the disassembling has been placed in the middle of the intersection:

An additional smaller crane is situated about mid-block on Lawrence to assist:

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High above the streets of the Mile High City, brave workers disconnect the first piece of the boom:

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Almost detached…

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Done!

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To see what happened next, watch our video:

Back in February 2015, we covered this same tower crane being assembled. Goodbye, tower crane. Hello, new high-rise!