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:
High above the streets of the Mile High City, brave workers disconnect the first piece of the boom:
Almost detached…
Done!
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!
Awesome pictures and video, Ken! “As one crane comes down, in the background another raises a building twice as tall.”
How about the guy disconnecting it? It would be a really bad nightmare for me.
Very cool, thanks!
Definitely check out the video that MTech Mechanical did of the Cooling Towers at 1401!
https://vimeo.com/165326324